There's Been Enough Incidents, STOP Debating!
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Low barrier? A barrier of chest height can deter most cases outside of suicide. And in any case the barrier is the last line defence, a safety net for those who might accidently end up on the track.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:A low barrier will not work as long as there are kiasu Singaporeans who will rush to get in first to find a seat. As for those who would want to commit suicide, they will do it anyway.
I'll tell you what works...a stiff fine will work. Install an electric eye system where the yellow line is. If anyone crosses that line before a train has pulled up into the station, a photograph is immediately taken and the offender is fined $20 on the spot. The fine will soon pay for the costs of installation.
Fines are fine, but at the end of the day they are only there to deter, but they can't physically stop an accident from happening. As it remains with no last ditch barrier... it is a matter of time before some one, suicide or not, ends up on the track.
SMRT is adopting the classic civil sector approach to this issue:
Tai chi the issue to somebody else if you can,
If you can't tai chi, avoid the issue
If you can't avoid, cover up the issue
If you can't cover up, delay, beats doing something about it.
Given the short attention span of the Singaporean... this method has proven to be highly effective. -
If passengers keep well away from the yellow safety line, such 'accidents' will not occur. Singaporeans will only obey fines, not advice or announcements to stay behind the yellow line. You may think it is hard but it is true. Imposing a stiff fine will stop all these 'accidents'.Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:Fines are fine, but at the end of the day they are only there to deter, but they can't physically stop an accident from happening. As it remains with no last ditch barrier... it is a matter of time before some one, suicide or not, ends up on the track.
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Put up barriers for what?
Didn't news reports say that LTA is engaging an Australian consulting firm to review our world class transportation before advising us what to do?
Thats gonna take 6months to 1yr rite? Slowly wait loh, after that, what ever the Aussies tell us to do, we will follow. Because we paid good money for this advises and angmos are always correct in these issues.
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=230989
Don't you just love Singapore?
We care so much for you guys that we engaged an australian company to help us think of these problems liao.. -
another way of preventing singaporean from accidentally falling into the track is to put the yellow line 20 meters before the track, commuters are allowed to across the line only when trains come to a complete halt and doors opened, and the announcement, "ready cheong", then everybody cheong for the train.
like that sure no accident.
stretching the imagination a little bit, since most motorcycles accidents involved cars or trucks, we should have separate lanes for motorcycles and cars, separated by barriers, like that sure no accident.
The kiaxi singaporeans are really pathetic!! may be we should have barbed wire on the barrier, then guarantee there will be no accident. -
The kiaxi singaporeans are really pathetic!! may be we should have barbed wire on the barrier, then guarantee there will be no accident.
No lah..... have sniper shoting anyone who cross the yellow line before train comes to a complete stop....... then bill his family for the bullet..... -
Wow,soOriginally posted by hloc:No lah..... have sniper shoting anyone who cross the yellow line before train comes to a complete stop....... then bill his family for the bullet.....
like me 38 yrs ago!!!!