On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 15:21:37 +0000, "Endymion Ponsonby-Withermoor"
wrote:


"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
news
If memory serves a person fell on to the tracks. They had apparently
been to a hostelry before hand. No trains were involved but obviously
the power had to go off and the person had to be removed and treated by
the emergency services.

If it were up to me, I'd just leave them there to either get themselves
off the track or to get cut-up by a passing train.
Ordinary people should not have to be inconvenienced because some
prat falls onto the track. It's not as if anyone was forcing them to do it.

While I understand the sentiment behind your remarks would you apply the
same logic to someone having a heart attack on a train, someone who
loses their balance and falls on the track due a stroke or someone
having an epileptic fit? LUL has a duty to operate a safe railway and
while it cannot prevent people's stupidity it does have to act
professionally to "pick up the pieces" from accidents whether self
inflicted or not.

You could argue that society shouldn't deal with the consequences of
traffic accidents and no one should be delayed as a result of those - I
assume you aren't saying that given that you wouldn't want to be left in
a bloody heap by the roadside if someone knocked you down and badly
injured you?
--
Paul C


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