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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
You have to be quite distracted to get hit by the trains here, you literally have to be walking towards the incoming train prior to turning onto the tracks.
I think about the only other thing the city could do for safety is place flashing lights into the tracks themselves.
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Would not have mattered, they were distracted by their phone.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...n-ne-1.3992055
Investigators think the pedestrian, who was wearing headphones, was also distracted by his cellphone, said Sgt. Colin Foster with the traffic section.
"There's only so much we can do," he said, noting that ultimately it's up to pedestrians to be aware of their surroundings.