Lucky people, another shot shows the rear number plate which I cannot read but expect the experts will make something of it. The riders helmet also looks distinctive.

"The barriers extend halfway across the road so nobody can be trapped behind them if they end up on the crossing."

But a: half barriers encourage this sort of stupidity and b: the vast majority of level crossing barriers cover the full road width and cause almost no problems.

Dunno about that.

As a motorcycle passenger, I had a barrier come down between me and the rider and scoop me off the bike when he took off, right here in Tainan City.

Must have looked pretty funny,

Suppose thats "almost no problem" in the global scheme of things, but it hurt a bit, and probably for longer than being hit by a train would have.

OTOH a British Barrier would probably have hurt more. This one was bamboo.

That is what I meant by almost no problem. It's pretty rare for that sort of thing to happen, the rider must have been cutting it close with the warning lights?

Daresay, but you dont always have much of a choice, given the volume of traffic, but get swept along with the tide of 2-wheelers.