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Run_to_da_hills · 20-07-2010, 13:15

I won't say high speed train as the train quickly comes to a stop if you look at the video. Never the less the idiot is certainly trying to qualify for a position in the Darwin awards.

Just shows you what drivers have to put up with.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ger-train.html

**lord lucan** · 20-07-2010, 13:53

"Footage also shows yobs attempting to 'train surf' by grabbing the back of a passenger train in Southend, Essex,"

I remember this was a big thing here on the DART in the mid-late 80's. You'd see loads of them doing it between Harmonstown and Kilbarrack. They'd usually hang onto the wipers while their feet where planted on the buffer beam.

markpb · 20-07-2010, 14:14

Am I the only one not seeing a train in those pictures?

It's not the train-spotter in me getting out, it's just that photos with captions like "As the train driver slams on the brakes the boy manages to get his upper body on to the platform" and "The boy lies face down on the platform in relief as the train roars past" really need to have trains in them.

amacachi · 20-07-2010, 14:23

What, this doesn't happen all the time? Is it really newsworthy?

mikemac · 20-07-2010, 14:31

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Originally Posted by markpb

Am I the only one not seeing a train in those pictures?

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The shocking CCTV footage taken from an onboard camera in the driver's cab

You are seeing exactly what the driver saw.
There is no photo of the train as it was forward facing CCTV

KCAccidental · 20-07-2010, 16:16

the video in question was posted in a thread in here not long ago if i remember rightly. couldn't find it in a quick search back though. it was in a rail safety thread.

corktina · 20-07-2010, 17:26

Daily Mail super accuarate reporting again....why let facts get in the way of a shock horror story...

BX 19 · 20-07-2010, 18:36

The Network rail safety video that was shown here a while ago.

*** Not for the faint of heart ***

Cookie_Monster · 20-07-2010, 20:29

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Originally Posted by landyman

The Network rail safety video that was shown here a while ago.

*** Not for the faint of heart ***

Spoiler: that mannican hand is real scary looking

BX 19 · 20-07-2010, 23:25

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Originally Posted by Cookie_Monster

Spoiler: that mannican hand is real scary looking

Just as long as your not one of those people who is afraid of blood

20-07-2010, 13:15	#1
Run_to_da_hills Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,805 Adverts \| Friends	[UK] Idiot plays chicken with passenger train. I won't say high speed train as the train quickly comes to a stop if you look at the video. Never the less the idiot is certainly trying to qualify for a position in the Darwin awards. Just shows you what drivers have to put up with. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ger-train.html

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20-07-2010, 13:53	#2
lord lucan Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: EIDW Posts: 8,124 Adverts \| Friends Mod: Dublin County West, Rock & Metal, Smoking	"Footage also shows yobs attempting to 'train surf' by grabbing the back of a passenger train in Southend, Essex," I remember this was a big thing here on the DART in the mid-late 80's. You'd see loads of them doing it between Harmonstown and Kilbarrack. They'd usually hang onto the wipers while their feet where planted on the buffer beam.

20-07-2010, 14:14	#3
markpb Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Dublin Posts: 5,338 Adverts \| Friends	Am I the only one not seeing a train in those pictures? It's not the train-spotter in me getting out, it's just that photos with captions like "As the train driver slams on the brakes the boy manages to get his upper body on to the platform" and "The boy lies face down on the platform in relief as the train roars past" really need to have trains in them.

20-07-2010, 14:23	#4
amacachi Closed Account Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 23,242 Adverts \| Friends	What, this doesn't happen all the time? Is it really newsworthy?

20-07-2010, 16:16	#6
KCAccidental Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Cork Posts: 407 Adverts \| Friends	the video in question was posted in a thread in here not long ago if i remember rightly. couldn't find it in a quick search back though. it was in a rail safety thread.

20-07-2010, 17:26	#7
corktina Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: not sure Posts: 11,964 Adverts \| Friends	Daily Mail super accuarate reporting again....why let facts get in the way of a shock horror story...

20-07-2010, 18:36	#8
BX 19 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Somewhere. I've not got my bearings yet Posts: 5,975 Adverts \| Friends	The Network rail safety video that was shown here a while ago. * Not for the faint of heart *