http://www.iainlindley.co.uk/2008/01/18/train-fall-terror-where-next/ Cllr Iain Lindley - Salford City Councillor for Walkden South Ward Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:51:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.iainlindley.co.uk/2008/01/18/train-fall-terror-where-next/#comment-985 at Cllr Iain Lindley’s Diary Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:37:59 +0000 http://www.iainlindley.co.uk/2008/01/18/train-fall-terror-where-next/#comment-985 [...] commented before about the danger posed by the huge gap between the train and platform edge at Walkden railway [...] [...] commented before about the danger posed by the huge gap between the train and platform edge at Walkden railway [...]

]]> http://www.iainlindley.co.uk/2008/01/18/train-fall-terror-where-next/#comment-855 Big Davie Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:48:41 +0000 http://www.iainlindley.co.uk/2008/01/18/train-fall-terror-where-next/#comment-855 If they've raised the level of ballast by 17" over the years, perhaps now they could jack-up the bridges by 17", so there'll be less collisions with the low-bridge! If they’ve raised the level of ballast by 17″ over the years, perhaps now they could jack-up the bridges by 17″, so there’ll be less collisions with the low-bridge!

]]> http://www.iainlindley.co.uk/2008/01/18/train-fall-terror-where-next/#comment-830 Investigator Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:58:45 +0000 http://www.iainlindley.co.uk/2008/01/18/train-fall-terror-where-next/#comment-830 LET'S SEE: Elevators in buildings have doors so that people don't fall down the shaft while waiting. People are not allowed to walk across airport runways or drive vehicles across airport runways. Yet people all over the world are forced (or allowed) to stand right next to a big drop-off on a railroad platform. STUUUPID!!! Here in the U.S., some train stations have no pedestrian overpass or tunnel and people are forced to walk across the track(s) where trains are going as fast as 79 miles per hour. Isn't that just brilliant? Then when someone gets hit, the RR and the jackass government officials blame the victim! "THEY WERE TRYING TO BEAT THE TRAIN!!", they scream. The parking lot is on the other side of the track(s) and these poor folks have to try to dash over the track(s) just to get to their cars. NO ONE should be allowed or forced to stand close to where a train may hit them in a station or where they may fall or get pushed over the edge of a platform and onto the track(s.) Humans pride themselves on their intelligence. Well, there is a boatload of stupidity floating around this world and the boat seems to be getting bigger, not smaller. BOTTOM LINE: railroad station platforms should NOT be death traps and all the greedy / idiot owners have to do is put in some moving doors, just like the elevators have, so that PEOPLE are separated from the trains and track until the train arrives and comes to a full stop. As they say, IT AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE!!!!! BUT, don't hold your breath on any safety improvements---they cost money and the greedy RR jerks don't want to spend a penny on safety when they can just blame the victims every time. LET’S SEE: Elevators in buildings have doors so that people don’t fall down the shaft while waiting. People are not allowed to walk across airport runways or drive vehicles across airport runways. Yet people all over the world are forced (or allowed) to stand right next to a big drop-off on a railroad platform. STUUUPID!!! Here in the U.S., some train stations have no pedestrian overpass or tunnel and people are forced to walk across the track(s) where trains are going as fast as 79 miles per hour. Isn’t that just brilliant? Then when someone gets hit, the RR and the jackass government officials blame the victim! “THEY WERE TRYING TO BEAT THE TRAIN!!”, they scream. The parking lot is on the other side of the track(s) and these poor folks have to try to dash over the track(s) just to get to their cars. NO ONE should be allowed or forced to stand close to where a train may hit them in a station or where they may fall or get pushed over the edge of a platform and onto the track(s.) Humans pride themselves on their intelligence. Well, there is a boatload of stupidity floating around this world and the boat seems to be getting bigger, not smaller. BOTTOM LINE: railroad station platforms should NOT be death traps and all the greedy / idiot owners have to do is put in some moving doors, just like the elevators have, so that PEOPLE are separated from the trains and track until the train arrives and comes to a full stop. As they say, IT AIN’T ROCKET SCIENCE!!!!! BUT, don’t hold your breath on any safety improvements—they cost money and the greedy RR jerks don’t want to spend a penny on safety when they can just blame the victims every time.

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