Miracle escape as Ghan hits tanker

Miracle escape as Ghan hits tanker : "This was marked with stop signs and an alert to drivers to look for trains, but no warning lights or boomgates."

Trucks and trains. Cars and trains. We really need to look at every crossing, like it or not and see what we can do. It's too traumatic and too costly. It didn't used to happen and now it is. Yes, it'll take time to deliver any data gathered but in the meantime we are at risk. Assuming this is your average train driver and your average truck driver and it's happened, it's really cause for concern. This truck driver is okay. No one on the Ghan has been badly injured. The Ghan is something we want. We need to look after it but our crossings seem to be all wrong. In this day and age we should be able to get electronic signs which are on the roadside which alert drivers to the closeness of the train. We need boom gates, we need signals. We need whatever it takes to keep drivers safe and the train in transit.