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€500 Fine At Clonsilla Train Station ?!

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    #152
    corktina
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    trellheim wrote: »
    perhaps an appropriate response from the RSA might be warranted. Like forcing IE to make it difficult for people to take the wrong route to cross the tracks.

    kinda hard to put a fence along the platform edge isnt it!:D

    ACtually not impossible...some underground lines and that line in London that goes to the docks have a door system on the platform


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    #153
    joolsveer
    Registered Users Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭joolsveer


    corktina wrote: »
    kinda hard to put a fence along the platform edge isnt it!:D

    ACtually not impossible...some underground lines and that line in London that goes to the docks have a door system on the platform

    So does one of the Paris Metro lines.


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    #154
    Skyhater
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    corktina wrote: »
    kinda hard to put a fence along the platform edge isnt it!:D

    ACtually not impossible...some underground lines and that line in London that goes to the docks have a door system on the platform

    I think it will be a long long long time before we'll have platform doors at Irish Rail stations.
    But maybe one thing that could be don is to put a Gate at the top of the Ramp (that leads down to the track) at either end of the platforms.


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    #155
    corktina
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    it shouldnt really be necessary really........:rolleyes:


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    #156
    Colm R
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    corktina wrote: »
    kinda hard to put a fence along the platform edge isnt it!:D

    ACtually not impossible...some underground lines and that line in London that goes to the docks have a door system on the platform

    The anti suicide doors. I also think that the subway in Tokoyo has mirrors on the walls opposite the platform. Something to do with it being harder to commit suicide if you can see yourself.


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    #157
    Trojan911
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    HydeRoad wrote: »
    I worked with a man once, who was formerly of London Transport, and responsible among other things to be first on the scene when somebody jumped under or was hit by a train. Can you imagine what those guys have to face?

    And just to add also. When a body is hit & dragged under a train, the train has to be taken out of commission, the under carraige is stripped & thoroughly cleaned of body parts/clothing that gets stuck within the mechanisms. Hyde, your LRT chap would know about this as well.

    Westminster Station, London, has these glass fences along the platforms.


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    #158
    Glowing
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    I think it's so irresponsible and selfish to run across the tracks like that - mainly because it will set a bad example to young kids - who certainly don't always have the presence of mind to check the tracks before crossing, and who are probably more likely to have an accident while doing so.

    Jesus, the attitudes of some people here make me sick - it's just me, me, me. Ask yourself if you'd like one of your kids taking that risk, eh?


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    #159
    Stark
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    Okay, now we're just getting silly.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_children

    Although, if you're talking about mental ages, I'd be inclined to agree.


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    #160
    Victor
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    Stark, I think Glowing does have a point. Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s we had Judge to tell us the Safe Cross Code and where not to cross the railway, etc. so quite a few of our generation don't do overly stupid stuff. I'm not sure if Pikey Mikey watched Judge.


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    #161
    towger
    Registered Users Posts: 440 ✭✭towger


    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/7318821.stm

    QED


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    #162
    Hagar
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    Average Everyday Gobshyte wrote:
    Sure that'll never happen to me.
    Unfortunately it only has to happen to you once.


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    #163
    A Dub in Glasgo
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    Terrible tragedy but WTF possess people to do things like that? Classic example of somebody who thought they knew how to cross the railway


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    #164
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    probably because Ive been around trians all my adult life, i treat them and level crossing with complete respect.....I once saw a rain hit the buffers at a station at zero mph....(almost) the damage caused was unbelivable.....


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