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Originally posted by d000hg View PostDoor should not crush people, that's pretty obvious. They should either re-open or the train should not be able to move until said person is removed from the train and told off.
Same as car windows... children for instance are all too likely to do something stupid the moment you take your eyes off them
At some point the doors have to close. Late passengers can't delay trains forever.
The passenger is relying on the train's safety mechanism to allow them to board at a time that they should not be attempting to board.
If the door re-opens, that tells said passenger (and any others) that if you just miss your train because you're too slow at getting there on time, then throw your hand into the closing door and the train will stop for another 30 seconds to let you board.
...and then another 30 seconds for the next tardy arrival, and then another, etc.
...and then the train company are to blame for late running trains.
The door should not open up again, it should stop closing, allowing said passenger to remove the object they inserted and wait on the platform. Maybe next time they'll make more effort to turn up before the train departure time.
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostDoesn't say much for the person.
You make something safe, some idiot will find a way of using that "safety" in a dangerous way - I.e. By pushing their hand into a closing door because it was too far closed for them to get in.
The passenger should be fined.
Same as car windows... children for instance are all too likely to do something stupid the moment you take your eyes off them
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Originally posted by eek View PostMay I also add from I downloaded an app. And suddenly, was part of the Cajun Navy. - Houston Chronicle taken from Monday's Monday's Links
During flooding do not move from the first floor into the attic / loft, get on to the roof...
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May I also add from I downloaded an app. And suddenly, was part of the Cajun Navy. - Houston Chronicle taken from Monday's Monday's Links
Around 11:30, I realized I hadn't heard Cowboy on the line with a report about Sassine Street. I asked on the app if we had had any update.
My phone rang. It was Cowboy.
"We got to Sassine. It's confirmed."
"Confirmed?" I frantically asked. "Confirmed what? What does that mean? Does that mean they're dead?"
"Yes. Water past the roof. They never left the attic. We sent divers in."
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Originally posted by oracleslave View PostBut he didn't just slip into a pool. He ignored all the warning signs and walked 225 yards off the designated path!
Yellowstone National Park rangers fear man dead after reportedly falling into hot spring | Daily Mail Online
Family of three die after falling into boiling mud as sink hole opens up in volcanic area in Italy
Poor little sod is orphaned in a whipstitch.
And, as if the thought of that isn't hideous enough:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017...tack-rats-bed/
Attacked by rats in her bed.Last edited by zeitghost; 13 September 2017, 11:46.
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Maybe it was the heat or something this weekend
but it has to be said the amount of stoopid, drooling, knuckle dragging derps seems to have been on the increase
nothing specific just a huge amount of basic stupidity
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostNo can do, otherwise the trains would never leave because the late people on the platform would continue to hold them up. If you know the train will not move provided you can get something in to jam the door, then it will have to wait at the station until there is no one near the platform.
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Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostAgree totally, people are stupid. However if something gets caught in the doors you would expect them to either open, or or emergency brake to kick in.
No can do, otherwise the trains would never leave because the late people on the platform would continue to hold them up. If you know the train will not move provided you can get something in to jam the door, then it will have to wait at the station until there is no one near the platform.
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostDoesn't say much for the person.
You make something safe, some idiot will find a way of using that "safety" in a dangerous way - I.e. By pushing their hand into a closing door because it was too far closed for them to get in.
The passenger should be fined.
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