Re: I wonder if the driver regrets this?

I don’t see any double yellow line in the video. I am not sure how that crossing is set up, but it appears to have gates and some type of lighted signals to warn motorists of approaching trains. If what appear to be gates are in fact gates, they do not appear to have functioned in the video. There is no way to tell whether the signals lights were working. Since gates and lights normally function together, a failure of the gates might indicate a higher than average probability that the lights failed in this incident.

Even if the lights and gates did fail, the first driver obviously sees the approaching train, and is yielding to it. One would think that the following driver would have likewise seen the train.

Beyond that, I am not sure what actually occurred. What seems inconsistent with trying to beat the train, is the fact that the driver passed in front of the train with a very noticeable nonchalance. It appears as if the driver could have easily beaten the train if he or she just stepped on the gas.

I would not so easily dismiss the fact that the gates failed if that is what happened. I don’t know how it would handled in Holland, but in a U.S. civil trial, a failure of the gates or signals to activate would play a very large roll, and possibly result in the vindication of the driver on the basis that the railroad company was negligent in allowing the warning system to fail.