Friday, August 10, 2007
14:52 by FoxTwo
What am I talking about? These *#^%^$# MRT suicides.
Yeah, one happened on 7 Aug 2007 at Tampines. I knew it happened cuz I was on the subway. When I exited, I saw the signs flashing "Service Disruption between Tampines and Pasir Ris". Instinct told me it was another jumper. When trains are faulty, they don't shut down stations or stop services to any station for it. They just pull the faulty train off the tracks and run a new one on it.
So, the only way to jam up a line and deny services to a station is for someone to physically jump onto the tracks and die. Then, he'll get the cops, the medics and everyone else to mill about the station, all pointing at his mangled body.
Which brings me to another point - these suicidal idiots are totally inconsiderate and utter morons. If they wanna die, sure, go ahead and kill yourself. Just don't kill yourself and cause a jam for thousands of other people! Trust me, if I knew you were gonna kill yourself, I woulda helped you. Gimme a bat or something, I'll whack you silly. And, I'll make sure you die ON THE PLATFORM, off the damn tracks, so I can continue to get to where I was going.
Strangely enough though, the media hasn't actually reported on this incident yet. It's been 3 days. Perhaps they realised that suddenly ever since the first suicide jumper, there has been 3 more cases of copycat suicides. SMRT refuses to put up barriers, citing "too expensive" as the reason.
Too expensive to prevent loss of income due to closure of the lines for a couple of hours huh? I wonder who's the big boss at SMRT, and did anyone ever show him the cost of these suicides? Well, I'm no financial analyst, but I'm thinking it might actually be cheaper to just put the barriers up.
Or, like a colleague suggested - re-train the drivers to slow to a damn crawl BEFORE entering overhead stations. So slow that any jumpers only get a broken leg or some minor injuries if the trains were to hit them, instead of killing them. So slow that even if some guy jumps out in front of the train at the last minute, hitting the brakes won't kill the jumper. THEN, maybe the jumpers will decide to go jump off Westin after all, where they should have gone in the first place! Yes, DENY the jumpers access to this mode of execution, and they'll look elsewhere. Spare the rest of us who value our lives the inconvenience of being late cos of a jammed track.
Also, if the jumpers aren't dead, the cops can fine the hell out of them for attempted suicide. "No suicides - fine $50,000" signs should be put up all over. Heck, make it known if they are successful (ie they actually managed to kill themselves), the fines will be imposed on their FAMILIES.
Oh yeah, btw, the guy that jumped on 7 Aug was a 48 yr old Chinese male. Makes you wonder huh? Why no females ever jumped? Why always middle aged?
I'm guessing a simple answer - loansharks.
14:52 by FoxTwo
Singapore's New Trend - MRT Track Jumping
What am I talking about? These *#^%^$# MRT suicides.
Yeah, one happened on 7 Aug 2007 at Tampines. I knew it happened cuz I was on the subway. When I exited, I saw the signs flashing "Service Disruption between Tampines and Pasir Ris". Instinct told me it was another jumper. When trains are faulty, they don't shut down stations or stop services to any station for it. They just pull the faulty train off the tracks and run a new one on it.
So, the only way to jam up a line and deny services to a station is for someone to physically jump onto the tracks and die. Then, he'll get the cops, the medics and everyone else to mill about the station, all pointing at his mangled body.
Which brings me to another point - these suicidal idiots are totally inconsiderate and utter morons. If they wanna die, sure, go ahead and kill yourself. Just don't kill yourself and cause a jam for thousands of other people! Trust me, if I knew you were gonna kill yourself, I woulda helped you. Gimme a bat or something, I'll whack you silly. And, I'll make sure you die ON THE PLATFORM, off the damn tracks, so I can continue to get to where I was going.
Strangely enough though, the media hasn't actually reported on this incident yet. It's been 3 days. Perhaps they realised that suddenly ever since the first suicide jumper, there has been 3 more cases of copycat suicides. SMRT refuses to put up barriers, citing "too expensive" as the reason.
Too expensive to prevent loss of income due to closure of the lines for a couple of hours huh? I wonder who's the big boss at SMRT, and did anyone ever show him the cost of these suicides? Well, I'm no financial analyst, but I'm thinking it might actually be cheaper to just put the barriers up.
Or, like a colleague suggested - re-train the drivers to slow to a damn crawl BEFORE entering overhead stations. So slow that any jumpers only get a broken leg or some minor injuries if the trains were to hit them, instead of killing them. So slow that even if some guy jumps out in front of the train at the last minute, hitting the brakes won't kill the jumper. THEN, maybe the jumpers will decide to go jump off Westin after all, where they should have gone in the first place! Yes, DENY the jumpers access to this mode of execution, and they'll look elsewhere. Spare the rest of us who value our lives the inconvenience of being late cos of a jammed track.
Also, if the jumpers aren't dead, the cops can fine the hell out of them for attempted suicide. "No suicides - fine $50,000" signs should be put up all over. Heck, make it known if they are successful (ie they actually managed to kill themselves), the fines will be imposed on their FAMILIES.
Oh yeah, btw, the guy that jumped on 7 Aug was a 48 yr old Chinese male. Makes you wonder huh? Why no females ever jumped? Why always middle aged?
I'm guessing a simple answer - loansharks.
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