Time To Ban Trains??

[PoliticalChic]

1. Woman pushes man to his death in front of oncoming NYC subway train;

2. NEW YORK – A surveillance video of the woman suspected of pushing a man to his death in front of an oncoming subway train was released...

3. It shows the woman running from the elevated platform in the Queens section of New York City Thursday night.

4. ...she had been following the man closely and mumbling to herself. She got up from a nearby bench and shoved him as the train pulled into the platform.

5. It did not appear the man noticed her before he was shoved...condition of the man's body was making it difficult to identify him.

6. She was described as Hispanic, in her 20s, heavyset and about 5-foot-5, wearing a blue, white and gray ski jacket and Nike sneakers with gray on top and red on the bottom.

7. ...unclear if the man and the woman knew each other or if anyone tried to help the man up before he was struck ...

8. It was the second time this month someone has been shoved to their death on subway tracks."

Read more: Woman pushes man to his death in front of oncoming NYC subway train; police release video | Fox News

 

[LilOlLady]

Idiot. how many people are run over by trains?

 

[Sunni Man]

Assault trains need to be banned............

 

[Rat in the Hat]

Assault trains need to be banned............

Only the ones with high capacity cars.

 

[Sunni Man]

No doubt Congress wil form an investigative committee to limit the number of cars..........

 

[Katzndogz]

It's time to do something about crazy. If we didn't have so many crazy people running around killing people, fewer people would feel the need to have guns to protect them from the insane.

 

[Moonglow]

Let us stop banning bacteria, even though it has caused more human deaths than any wars in the history of humans.

 

[Truthmatters]

do trains ahave another use beside people using them to kill others?


yes they do.

trains transport many people and aid our economy in many ways.


the guns that are being sought to be banned have one use, to kill.


you can killl people with other guns so society is NOT losing in any way if you ban certain weapons

 

[Moonglow]

It's time to do something about crazy. If we didn't have so many crazy people running around killing people, fewer people would feel the need to have guns to protect them from the insane.

It's Gods' will.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

do trains ahave another use beside people using them to kill others?


yes they do.

trains transport many people and aid our economy in many ways.


the guns that are being sought to be banned have one use, to kill.


you can killl people with other guns so society is NOT losing in any way if you ban certain weapons

I see you had another vodka breakfast there you babbling numbnut.

 

[Truthmatters]

plying this stupid line of debate is a exercize in futility

 

[Intense]

Idiot. how many people are run over by trains?

Accidental Deaths and Subway Suicides
While there is the occasional murder, it seems that most of the deaths that occur in the subway are due to sickness, accident, or suicide. The Metropolitan Transit Authority does not keep these statistics, and undoubtedly many cases go unreported, so the stats are extremely difficult to ascertain. But recently amNewYork reporter Chuck Bennett wrote that, in a review of news stories and police reports filed in 2006, he found that 23 people had died in the subway during the year. "Natural causes" or illness accounted for the largest number, five were accidents, and another five were suicides. One of those cases was a murder-suicide committed by Frantz Bordes, a man who drowned his girlfriend's children, and then went down to the Church Avenue station and jumped in front of a Q train. He left seven different suicide notes, claiming that people were out to get him and that his girlfriend's family had been using voodoo on him.

A handful of the deaths uncovered by amNewYork's research were technically due to unknown causes, because the police were unable to determine whether they were accident or suicide. Oftentimes when someone is killed by a train, it's hard to be sure whether they slipped and fell on the tracks or if they did it on purpose, unless there is an eyewitness or a suicide note. Even in cases where the person deliberately leapt onto the tracks, it may be ruled an accident if it appears that he was just (stupidly) goofing around or trying to retrieve a dropped item. Although jumping in front of a train is often thought to be a popular method of committing suicide, a New York City Department of Health report determined that, in 1998, less than four percent of NYC suicides involved jumping in front of a moving object.

New York Subway Worker Deaths
Following the deaths of two MTA employees, Daniel Boggs and Marvin Franklin, within days of each other in the Spring of 2007, the MTA released a report revealing that 238 NYC subway workers have been killed in work accidents since 1946. The report showed that in the majority of cases the victim was hit by a train while working on the tracks, but many have also been electrocuted on the third rail and numerous others have died from falls. A few workers also perished in train collisions, and some were even fatally shot during robberies. Half of the total number of deaths occurred in the 1940s and '50s alone, indicating that safety has steadily improved through the decades (nine subway workers have been killed so far this decade). But the tragic loss of Mr. Boggs and Mr. Franklin was a reminder that the subway is a dangerous place to work, and as a result the MTA has been reassessing its safety standards.

Crime in the New York Subway
From 2005 to 2006, major crimes declined once again (by over 18%) in the New York City subway system, leaving the numbers of reported crimes amazingly low for a city of this size. The Transit Bureau employs some 2,500 officers to continue keeping the subway safe, but of course they can't be everywhere at all times and it's in the emptier stations, late at night, where riders are most at risk of being robbed by force. Of course, when it comes to pick pocketing, the busy stations are much worse. Rush hour -- which has commuters packed in like sardines -- is an open invitation for wallet snatching, so it's no surprise that the NYPD stats show that grand larcenies are more common in high-traffic stations like Port Authority, Times Square, Penn Station, Grand Central Station, and the 59th Street and Lexington station.

One of the recent blows to the safety of today's New York subway user is the loss of many booth attendants. The MTA has been tightening the purse stringers to avoid further fare hikes, so many stations are not manned by a breathing human anymore. When you look at the major incidents in the subway, it has been this person who has raised the alarm. In lieu of booth attendants, each station has one or more machines that people can use to purchase Metrocards with cash or credit cards. This creates yet another ripe opportunity for muggers.

New York Subway Safety - accidents, crashes, suicides and deaths

 

[blastoff]

Trains? Nothing wrong with trains.

We should however start thinking about banning heavyset Hispanic twenty-something babes who wear blue, white, and gray ski jackets. Especially the assault variety.

 

[martybegan]

Idiot. how many people are run over by trains?

Accidental Deaths and Subway Suicides
While there is the occasional murder, it seems that most of the deaths that occur in the subway are due to sickness, accident, or suicide. The Metropolitan Transit Authority does not keep these statistics, and undoubtedly many cases go unreported, so the stats are extremely difficult to ascertain. But recently amNewYork reporter Chuck Bennett wrote that, in a review of news stories and police reports filed in 2006, he found that 23 people had died in the subway during the year. "Natural causes" or illness accounted for the largest number, five were accidents, and another five were suicides. One of those cases was a murder-suicide committed by Frantz Bordes, a man who drowned his girlfriend's children, and then went down to the Church Avenue station and jumped in front of a Q train. He left seven different suicide notes, claiming that people were out to get him and that his girlfriend's family had been using voodoo on him.

A handful of the deaths uncovered by amNewYork's research were technically due to unknown causes, because the police were unable to determine whether they were accident or suicide. Oftentimes when someone is killed by a train, it's hard to be sure whether they slipped and fell on the tracks or if they did it on purpose, unless there is an eyewitness or a suicide note. Even in cases where the person deliberately leapt onto the tracks, it may be ruled an accident if it appears that he was just (stupidly) goofing around or trying to retrieve a dropped item. Although jumping in front of a train is often thought to be a popular method of committing suicide, a New York City Department of Health report determined that, in 1998, less than four percent of NYC suicides involved jumping in front of a moving object.

New York Subway Worker Deaths
Following the deaths of two MTA employees, Daniel Boggs and Marvin Franklin, within days of each other in the Spring of 2007, the MTA released a report revealing that 238 NYC subway workers have been killed in work accidents since 1946. The report showed that in the majority of cases the victim was hit by a train while working on the tracks, but many have also been electrocuted on the third rail and numerous others have died from falls. A few workers also perished in train collisions, and some were even fatally shot during robberies. Half of the total number of deaths occurred in the 1940s and '50s alone, indicating that safety has steadily improved through the decades (nine subway workers have been killed so far this decade). But the tragic loss of Mr. Boggs and Mr. Franklin was a reminder that the subway is a dangerous place to work, and as a result the MTA has been reassessing its safety standards.

Crime in the New York Subway
From 2005 to 2006, major crimes declined once again (by over 18%) in the New York City subway system, leaving the numbers of reported crimes amazingly low for a city of this size. The Transit Bureau employs some 2,500 officers to continue keeping the subway safe, but of course they can't be everywhere at all times and it's in the emptier stations, late at night, where riders are most at risk of being robbed by force. Of course, when it comes to pick pocketing, the busy stations are much worse. Rush hour -- which has commuters packed in like sardines -- is an open invitation for wallet snatching, so it's no surprise that the NYPD stats show that grand larcenies are more common in high-traffic stations like Port Authority, Times Square, Penn Station, Grand Central Station, and the 59th Street and Lexington station.

One of the recent blows to the safety of today's New York subway user is the loss of many booth attendants. The MTA has been tightening the purse stringers to avoid further fare hikes, so many stations are not manned by a breathing human anymore. When you look at the major incidents in the subway, it has been this person who has raised the alarm. In lieu of booth attendants, each station has one or more machines that people can use to purchase Metrocards with cash or credit cards. This creates yet another ripe opportunity for muggers.

New York Subway Safety - accidents, crashes, suicides and deaths

it happens more than you think. Mostly they are suicides. My friend who works for LIRR tells me of a special track they have in the yard. It has rails over a pit, for "fatality" trains, so they can inspect the train and wash off whatever remains of the person hit by it (usually not much, it is said to have the consitency of jam).

 

[Rat in the Hat]

It's time to do something about crazy. If we didn't have so many crazy people running around killing people, fewer people would feel the need to have guns to protect them from the insane.

It's Gods' will.

Religion has a way of relieving yourself of any responsibility for your acts. It's God's will! "Oh, I ran over the kid in the driveway, yes, but don't look at me! [ chuckles ] God's will!" Can't you see a lynch mob going, "Let's get this guy, God! That's the fourth kid He's killed this week!"

George Carlin - SNL - 1975

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

plying this stupid line of debate is a exercize in futility

Stupid is as stupid does you fucking retard.

BTW.. it's exercise.

 

[PoliticalChic]

Idiot. how many people are run over by trains?

"Disturbingly, and increasingly, a large body of evidence from the modern era shows that innocent people are often convicted of crimes – including capital crimes – and that some have been executed. "
Innocence and the Death Penalty - Recent Court Cases, Issues and Articles | American Civil Liberties Union


Oh...what the heck.....there are only a few......

 

[PoliticalChic]

Assault trains need to be banned............

Only the ones with high capacity cars.

That was brilliant!

Rep on the way!



Seems not everyone got the point....did you see post #2?

 

[PoliticalChic]

Let us stop banning bacteria, even though it has caused more human deaths than any wars in the history of humans.

"Very few bacteria cause illness And some bacteria are used to make food such as cheese and yogurt."
What is the function for most bacteria and how is this helpful to them

 

[PoliticalChic]

do trains ahave another use beside people using them to kill others?


yes they do.

trains transport many people and aid our economy in many ways.


the guns that are being sought to be banned have one use, to kill.


you can killl people with other guns so society is NOT losing in any way if you ban certain weapons

"According to the National Self Defense Survey conducted by Florida State University criminologists in 1994, the rate of Defensive Gun Uses can be projected nationwide to approximately 2.5 million per year -- one Defensive Gun Use every 13 seconds. "
Source: "Armed Resistance to Crime: The Prevalence and Nature of Self-Defense with a Gun," by Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz, in The Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, Northwestern University School of Law, Volume 86, Number 1, Fall, 1995