Near-Death Collisions

I seem to experience them every train journey I take. Travelling between Weston-super-Mare and Bristol is a seemingly perilous experience to me. I'm listening to some music, staring out the window when suddenly a train travelling in the other direction passes faster than in the blink of an eye.

This happened to me just the other day, and in that blink, something occured to me; what if that train had de-railed?

You wouldn't feel a thing, the train would hit you before you knew what was going on, and if the train hit the carriage I was travelling in, there'd be no pain.

A very serious blog entry I know. Just something that 'struck' me.