# Poland's National Sport: Dangerous Behavior at Railway Crossings

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2100227067396645015
- Source account: [@stolecdetonuje](https://x.com/stolecdetonuje)
- Source language: Polish
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:34
- Published: 2026-09-17
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- Original-language version: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0SfVnU9IMIeD/pl/polski-sport-narodowy-niebezpieczne-zachowania-na-przejazdach-kolejowych.md

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0SfVnU9IMIeD/en/poland-s-national-sport-dangerous-behavior-at-railway-crossings) Every country has its national sport. Poland is the world champion at barging onto level crossings and causing land traffic disasters.

[0:09](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0SfVnU9IMIeD/en/poland-s-national-sport-dangerous-behavior-at-railway-crossings?t=9) We wouldn't have achieved this success without the hours and weeks of hard training and sacrifices that have paid off over time.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0SfVnU9IMIeD/en/poland-s-national-sport-dangerous-behavior-at-railway-crossings?t=18) The first is G-force training, through which we test our endurance when colliding with a train.

[0:26](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0SfVnU9IMIeD/en/poland-s-national-sport-dangerous-behavior-at-railway-crossings?t=26) Another key test for our athletes is the ability to brake without any predetermined purpose, which is meant to minimize our response to situations happening around us.

[0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0SfVnU9IMIeD/en/poland-s-national-sport-dangerous-behavior-at-railway-crossings?t=38) Signal corrida is another important aspect of training, through which we maximize animal instincts that diminish patience, causing us to immediately head toward flashing red lights. The last and most important element is language education, thanks to which we know that the first word goes in the diary, the second word in the bin, which

[1:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0SfVnU9IMIeD/en/poland-s-national-sport-dangerous-behavior-at-railway-crossings?t=61) in the case of railway crossing barriers clearly indicates the need to break only the first barrier.

[1:08](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0SfVnU9IMIeD/en/poland-s-national-sport-dangerous-behavior-at-railway-crossings?t=68) Mathematics shows us the way in deducing costs.

[1:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0SfVnU9IMIeD/en/poland-s-national-sport-dangerous-behavior-at-railway-crossings?t=72) It's better to put two families in debt than to pay one thousand five hundred zlotys and sixteen penalty points.

[1:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0SfVnU9IMIeD/en/poland-s-national-sport-dangerous-behavior-at-railway-crossings?t=78) What's nine plus ten? Twenty-one? You stupid!

[1:22](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0SfVnU9IMIeD/en/poland-s-national-sport-dangerous-behavior-at-railway-crossings?t=82) This is how we train specialists who are world champions in our national sport.

[1:30](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/0SfVnU9IMIeD/en/poland-s-national-sport-dangerous-behavior-at-railway-crossings?t=90) That's the first I've heard of it. You know what? This is complete nonsense.