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[-] buhala@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Not from Vancouver but this seems like a good idea. Is track invasion a common enough problem to justify the cost in your experience?

[-] faiora@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

A few weeks back I was out with my kids and heard about someone jumping in front of the train that day.

All I could think was: what if a kid was sitting up front enjoying the ride and looking at the tracks? How would I deal with that if it were my kid?

Sounds like a justified cost to me.

[-] buhala@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Gotta be honest, I didn't even think about people killing themselves I was thinking more people trying to do graffiti. Yeah that seems a justified cost

[-] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I've definitely seen trains get stopped for such reasons... I really feel for the people who have to clean it up.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Seems harder to pull someone off the tracks with these in place.

I also hear people with no easy options will still find a way to accomplish their last goals.

[-] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

How are they going to end up on the tracks? Doors open after train stops and closes before train starts.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not saying it'll be easy. Wasn't it stadium where a guy hopped a barrier and fell onto the tracks from above?

And each minute inside that aquarium will be so comfy in the summer.

[-] zephyreks@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

If it's fully isolated it lets them run AC as well.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

You're saying "glass it up and A/C the place" as if that's not like shooting oneself in the foot because crutches are fun?

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