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Originally Posted by Flacker
Amsterdam is a good example of putting the onus back on the individual. There are bikes, and vehicles everywhere and if you aren't paying attention, you will get hit. They have LRVs slightly smaller than our C-train, that run straight up the middle of pedestrian boulevards (similar to 8th Ave), and I haven't heard of any locals getting hit by trains.
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Came here to say this. It seems to be a North American thing that we need to have our hands held instead of using common sense when venturing out. All you have to do is take a look at people who cross the road and how many have their heads down on their phone instead of paying attention to what is going on. Or people who stand right on the edge of a curb where cars turn. Or the amount of people at the LRT station who willingly walk along the yellow line that clearly says ''do not cross'' while the train pulls up. The list goes on.
Yeah it might seem kind of heartless my comment earlier about it being an inconvenience when something like this happens and I don't think too many people liked it. But fact is, these are preventable incidents. They don't have to happen. When you cross the road or a train crossing, you put your phone down and look both ways. Yes, it's as simple as that. But go ahead and observe the amount of people who simply bumble along the road with their hands on their phone browsing facebook while they cross a busy street. It's mind blowing. These are your lives your playing with people.
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Originally Posted by zamler
100% agreed. But the prevailing attitude seems to be eff those people they need to take responsibility for their own safety.  Well yes they do but within reason, two people in two days have died. There are all manner of mechanisms in society that save people from their own carelessness or stupidity why are these train stations exempt from this? |
How are trains exempt? There are bells, lights and all sorts of warnings for people to see when approaching a crossing. Not to mention, you're at a freaking train station. Common sense says trains will come and go.
The crossing at 39th Ave is probably the most marked up crossing in the city. An arm goes down, bells ring, lights flash and you can see the train coming a mile away. Yet incidents occur at that crossing way too often.