• 15 Year old electrocuted by the live rail
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The whole story is pretty fucking sad.
[QUOTE=Bengley;16052717]I don't feel sorry for him at all. Firstly, he shouldn't have had a lighter. 14-year olds aren't meant to smoke. Secondly, he had his lighter out at a train station which supposedly means he was going to smoke at the station too. Smoking anywhere on any part of the British Rail network is against the law. Thirdly you have to be an idiot to not know that it's electrified. I know that going anywhere near any tracks even on a non-electrified line is dangerous, since a small current runs through the train's 'guide' tracks for the purpose of signalling. (Just to back that up: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track_circuit[/url]) Finally, if you're travelling on a train, you should know the ins and outs of the safety procedures. If your train has an accident, did you know it's safer to stay on the train? Probably not. Most people just go ahead and jump off, sometimes when there could be oncoming trains or like in this case, third rail electrification. I feel bad for his parents and his friends though.[/QUOTE] All the safety notices tell you to wait until the train crew say what to do, as well as saying to get out of the door that doesn't have high speed trains coming down. [editline]06:32PM[/editline] [QUOTE=some guy;16063271]"'The third rail might look like a normal piece of track but it carries huge amounts of electricity and is never switched off.'" Nobody see's a problem with this? Seriously, why the fuck isn't it a different colour or something.[/QUOTE] Possibly because you shouldn't be stupid enough to be on the tracks in the first place and if engineers are working they'll turn it off.
A lighter? And a cheap one at that?
[QUOTE=PrismatexV0;16045518]His parents must be [I]shocked[/I]. [highlight](User was banned for this post ("News pun" - verynicelady))[/highlight][/QUOTE] Stop banning people for puns, you fucking assholes.
[QUOTE=redonkulous;16046047] A car battery is usually 550V[/QUOTE] Man you saved my day.
[QUOTE=Antonio17;16058732]No 14-year old deserves to die.[/QUOTE] Some do. Not chavs because usually they grow out of it and become pretty respectable people. But people who torture animals etc. They can go an die.
[QUOTE=Slig army;16078326]Stop banning people for puns, you fucking assholes.[/QUOTE] I think it was myself that stressed about news puns a while ago, and then they brought the rule in. FACEPUNCH DOES NOT WORK FOR THE SUN; STOP MAKING NEWS PUNS.
[QUOTE=some guy;16063271]"'The third rail might look like a normal piece of track but it carries huge amounts of electricity and is never switched off.'" Nobody see's a problem with this? Seriously, why the fuck isn't it a different colour or something.[/QUOTE] In Toronto, the third rail is covered by a safety barrier. [img]http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/on-line-exhibits/subway/pics/16120_ext_subway_620.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=radioactive;16078588]I think it was myself that stressed about news puns a while ago, and then they brought the rule in. FACEPUNCH DOES NOT WORK FOR THE SUN; STOP MAKING NEWS PUNS.[/QUOTE] News puns are funny, and brighten the story up, no matter how dark it is. If you don't laugh once a day, I highly reccomend it before you become a stuck-up asshole.
Yeah, look at the sticky. Garry said that they were a stupid ban reason. I don't really recall seeing anyone banned for news puns before ventilated got mod back. :raise:
The [i]shiny[/i] ones are the ones you can step on. :(
someone i know stepped on these tracks and his insides got burnt but he didn't die
I don't understand what it is with the UK and uncovered power rails. The Tube has 2 of them, one right in the middle of the running rails, meaning you're right fucked if you fall down.
In Latvia there is no third rail.
[QUOTE=Athena;16081100]I don't understand what it is with the UK and uncovered power rails. The Tube has 2 of them, one right in the middle of the running rails, meaning you're right fucked if you fall down.[/QUOTE] Stand back then, the paint on the platforms there for a reason.
It's the Electricity that kills you, Stop arguing!
Man, reading this really lit me up, I mean, why is the third rail uncovered and indistinguishable from the others? That's just dumb.
FURTHER PROOF THAT SMOKING CIGARRETES AND THE DEADLY POT IS KILLING AMERICA'S YOUTH tonight on fox news
Just as well, better electrocuted than be hit by one of those unmanned killer trains.
Now all the Americans are going to know we have such smart kids.
I don't feel sorry for him. It's his own damn fault for caring so much about a lighter.
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