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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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?