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Re: Man Saved From Subway Tracks; (Avenue H (Q) train incident) |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Fri Dec 15 16:43:57 2017, in response to Re: Man Saved From Subway Tracks; (Avenue H (Q) train incident), posted by TransitChuckG on Fri Dec 15 13:13:01 2017. Intervening is dangerous for a variety of reasons. Worst case you fall in too. I'm not confident in my physical ability to help the guy out. Though I wouldn't rush to film it, first I'd run to the booth or one of the intercoms (if the station had one). Calling 911 would be useless and take too long. After people are appropriately notified, then maybe film it to get some coin from a news site.Japan's got it right for falling in: big red button, push it and ATC drops authorized speed to 0. Strobe lights and alarms everywhere. Nearby police and RR staff rush to the scene. There's a similar feature at railroad crossings (the gates go down 45 seconds early instead of our 15 seconds, and an occupancy sensor will send a cab signal drop to the train if there is a car stuck). The reasoning is while a 5 minute delay to check the things out is inconvenient, the hours long delay to clean up a strike is massively disruptive. |
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