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Victorian railways were running an efficiency test for their country level crossing signal opporators. The inspector sat in his office with a bloke that worked for the Sunraisia Highway Crossing near Mildura.
"Alright" said the inspector, "Here's the situation. Imagine a freight train is approaching the level crossing and a semi-trailer is stuck across the crossing. What do you do?"
The bloke said, "I'd help the driver move the semi-taller."
"You can't", said the inspector, "He's unconscious in the bushes."
"Then I'd move it myself", said the bloke.
"You can't said the inspector, "it's broken down."
"Then I'd radio the train to stop" said the bloke.
"You can't", said the inspector, "the radio is dead."
Then the bloke said "then I'd turn the signals for the train to red"
"You can't do that either", said the inspector, "they're not working."
"Then I'd get out the red flag and signal the driver", said the bloke.
"You can't, it's night", said the inspector.
"Night, huh? Well then I'd go and wake up the wife." said the bloke.
"Why?" said the inspector. "what could she do?"
"Nothing" said the bloke, "but she's never seen a big train crash before."
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