Banta interviewed for signalman for railways

Banta wants a job as a signalman on the railways. He is told to meet the inspector at the signal box for an interview.

The inspector asks "What would you do if you realised that two trains were heading for each other on the same track?"
Banta says, "I would switch the points for one of the trains."

"What if the lever broke?" asked the inspector.
"Then I'd dash down out of the signal box," said Banta, "and I'd use the manual lever over there."


"What if that had been struck by lightning?", asked the Inspector.
"Then," Banta continues, "I'd run back into the signal box and phone the next signal box."

"What if the phone was engaged?", questioned the Inspector.
"Oh well then I'd run into the village and get Santa."

This puzzles the inspector, so he asks, "Why would you do that?"
"Because that idiot has never seen a train crash."