Women struck, killed by C-Train

[THE SCUD]

Another idiot jay-walking in front of the train yesterday at rush hour dragged for a ride and seriously hurt. Lucky idiot isn't dead but is probably brain injured:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...in-injury.html

[Bill Bumface]

I really like the idea of flashing lights in the ground. I'm sure it would be expensive, but I'm sure these incidents don't exactly end up being cheap.

I also think a turnstile or gates (that are one way so it lets you off of the tracks easily) that requires you to push a button before it lets you cross could be an idea. Especially if the button is small and kind of high, then people have to raise their head for a second to see the button, and take a look for trains.

Or just one way locking gates that lock when the train is approaching.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

Or just one way locking gates that lock when the train is approaching.

What happens if somebody makes it onto the tracks just as the lights/bells start? How do they get back out?

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

Gotta love the CNN guy at the end -- "there was no reason for that video to get out" after they showed it twice.

Everything about that clip was hilarious, including her getting interviewed by "69 News".

Also, if she's so embarassed about it, why even get interviewed at all? The mall security camera footage is from so far away, we'd have no idea what she looked like or even who the idiot was who fell in. But now we do...

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by ken0042

What happens if somebody makes it onto the tracks just as the lights/bells start? How do they get back out?

Just a simple gate that pushes opens freely when you are leaving the tracks, but locks in the other direction when a train is approaching. Something like the pic below.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

I really like the idea of flashing lights in the ground. I'm sure it would be expensive, but I'm sure these incidents don't exactly end up being cheap.

I also think a turnstile or gates (that are one way so it lets you off of the tracks easily) that requires you to push a button before it lets you cross could be an idea. Especially if the button is small and kind of high, then people have to raise their head for a second to see the button, and take a look for trains.

Or just one way locking gates that lock when the train is approaching.

You're stealing my posts!

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by Wormius

You're stealing my posts!

Whoops, I have been largely skimming this thread and didn't notice. I'll try pay more attention.

Originally Posted by ken0042

What happens if somebody makes it onto the tracks just as the lights/bells start? How do they get back out?

Just a simple gate that pushes opens freely when you are leaving the tracks, but locks in the other direction when a train is approaching. Something like the pic below.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

Whoops, I have been largely skimming this thread and didn't notice. I'll try pay more attention.




Just a simple gate that pushes opens freely when you are leaving the tracks, but locks in the other direction when a train is approaching. Something like the pic below.

Waste of taxpayers money, if they are going to walk under a train they are equally likely to walk under a car or a bus, it sounds harsh but I don't think I, as a tax payer, am responsible for keeping people safe from their own stupidity, with all respect to the dead lass and her family.

[jammies]

Except that people will reach behind those gates and open them as if they were coming from the other side. Then the media will wail "Oh why couldn't someone have anticipated this! We have failed the idiots!"

[handgroen]

i don't know if this has been mentioned already or what but i got on the c-train to go to the game at about 5:30 last night and i got to the dome at 7:00pm the driver said "undetermined delay a woman has stepped out in front of a train on 7th ave."
that's 2 in a week, do we know if another person was indeed hit and if so if she's alright?

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by handgroen

i don't know if this has been mentioned already or what but i got on the c-train to go to the game at about 5:30 last night and i got to the dome at 7:00pm the driver said "undetermined delay a woman has stepped out in front of a train on 7th ave."
that's 2 in a week, do we know if another person was indeed hit and if so if she's alright?

It has been mentioned at least twice so far.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

Waste of taxpayers money, if they are going to walk under a train they are equally likely to walk under a car or a bus, it sounds harsh but I don't think I, as a tax payer, am responsible for keeping people safe from their own stupidity, with all respect to the dead lass and her family.

You think it doesn't cost you a ton of money every time someone is smoked by the train?

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

You think it doesn't cost you a ton of money every time someone is smoked by the train?

I'm not sure how other than the cost of the fire truck coming out, assuming it was their own stupidity that caused it, in fact it may cost us more in liability if you put gates on, it is likely to be seen as a tacit admission of liability.

[VladtheImpaler]

Originally Posted by hulkrogan

You think it doesn't cost you a ton of money every time someone is smoked by the train?

Only if they survive...

[afc wimbledon]

I think this makes more sense and will give the tourists something to gape at as well.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

I'm not sure how other than the cost of the fire truck coming out, assuming it was their own stupidity that caused it, in fact it may cost us more in liability if you put gates on, it is likely to be seen as a tacit admission of liability.

If the train is shut down for a few hours it definitely has a significant economic impact on the city.

Clean up crews, police investigation, EMS, hospital staff, transit security, shuttle bus drivers called to work during the train closure, lost productivity at businesses due to people being late for work or going home early to avoid the mess, increased traffic decreasing the flow of goods through the city.

It's really not good to have these happen, unless they are from Cochrane.

[NuclearPizzaMan]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...y-warning.html

surveillance video of a crossing during an accident. (you don't see the impact). No safety feature would save this dude from himself.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Wow, that guy is all kinds of stupid.
This is why I have no sympathy for people who get hit by trains.
Seriously, you just got off the train, do you think maybe you should keep your head on a swivel as you walk in front of it, especially since you just pushed past a dozen people who are NOT crossing the tracks in front of the train.

[valo403]

Yep, and those protective gates (both the ones present and the ones people have proposed) sure would have made a difference seeing as they were being held open.

[Puppet Guy]

there's a mommy walking her kid down the ramp at the 17-second mark, and she turns the kid around when buddy gets hit. Hopefully he/she didn't see that.