Originally Posted by
dobber
I'd have to disagree here, this is a fairly improved crossing with the rails level with the pavement, no timber apron and minimal gaps between rail and pavement. I cross something akin to this almost daily and never come out of the saddle.
That is not saying there aren't very dicey crossing, some that the best alternative is to dismount.
The fact that most of the people in that picture are walking across a very good crossing is what I meant by doing it wrong. Standing up going over the tracks doesn't hurt anything either.