I find eyes help in these life threatening situations.
I suppose it you see the 8:31 hurtling down the line towards the crossing yet the barrier is still up you have to ask yourself what do I trust more? My eyes or the barrier operator. Quite the conundrum.
Though innate might not be quite the right word as these are learned responses and the widely held belief among experts is that we are born with only two fears, the fear of loud noises and the fear of heights. All other so called phobias can be conditioned out of us.
Everyone has innate fears of poisonous or predatory animals. We all experience a fight or flight response when we see them or even just a representation of them, such as a TV program or a picture. Some people choose to deal with it some choose to shriek on about it, attention seeking. Most...