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K · October 27th 03, 05:12 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 24 Oct 2003 01:33:33 -0700, (Boltar) wrote:

Robin May wrote in message ...
Ok someone might still get pushed but
that happens what , once a year over the whole system?

Yeah, that's the spirit. So someone dies. So what? Who cares? It's only
the odd person every now and then, nothing to worry about.

Exactly. Life is full of risks. Perhaps we should de-electrify the whole
system too and use diesel or battery locos just so if someone gets pushed
on the track elsewhere they might have a better chance of survival?
Christ , they'll be fitting harnesses on escalators soon.

No, they didn't choose that job. They chose the job of driving a train.
They shouldn't have to deal with people throwing themselves in front of
it and if that can be avoided then it certainly should be.

So you're telling me drivers have no clue that people might jump or fall in
front of a train before they took the job on? Oh get real.

So what are you trying to say? That mechanical systems should never
ever go wrong and that they're fundamentally flawed if anything ever
does go wrong, no matter how rarely and how little time it takes to
repair? Please come back to this subject once you have returned to the
real world.

What I'm saying is for the money they cost they should last a bit longer
than 3 years before they start having faults so serious that the whole station
has to be closed for 2 days.

Which stations were closed for 2 days due to faulty PEDs?