SFist: Muni Almost Kills Someone

RinconHillSF

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:47:58 -0800

Ignorance knows no bounds

Bushy Hyde

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:29:02 -0800

One of those strange occurances that frightens me even more than the stories of people being run over/killed by a train. [shudder]

Shibi

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:26:47 -0800

A few years ago I was riding the L, out near the end of the line (fog zone, outer Sunset) and the DRIVER, aka Train Operator, not only got HER hand stuck in the door, but the doors broke the bones in her hand. A quick thinking passenger (not me) pulled the emergency release for the doors and she was able to free her mangled hand. It was squished something ugly -- we had to call 911 for help for her. The thing of it was... the doors were not closing completely and the train would not move. So, our train operator thought that she'd assist the doors closed and SMUSH went her hand. Woe is MUNI.

Spencer Williams

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:58:56 -0800

Wow... someone needs to check that out. In New York, the subway opens really easy. *quickly adding that to my list of public transportation fears*

shmoozilla2000

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:02:37 -0800

LRV doors *are* like elevator doors. They have 'sensitive edges' and are supposed to re-open if they are blocked. And operators are supposed to check their mirrors before they move. Obviously that didn't happen here....

Akit

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:45:21 -0800

Someone please fire Maggie Lynch. She's pissed off the public for too long. Example: KPIX did a story about leaking water pipes next to a metro line caused by stray electricity corroding the pipes. Lynch replied that it was not muni's fault, yet the reporter showed documentation that Lynch's office acknowledged that the 3rd street rail project was causing the same problems to the pipes. Then Lynch walks off the interview... great work Maggie, time for a new job.

zippy_monster

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:30:16 -0800

Jesus. This happened to me on the street the other day (SRN 101413). Mizz Maggie is wrong. The operator SHOULD not move until all the doors are closed there are two indicator lights (there's one "doors closed" indicator in the dash, one in the circuit breaker panel), or the dumbfuck could just look in the side view mirrors to check. This assumes that the train was being operated manually. If it was indeed being operated automatically, that's a fantastic lawsuit waiting to happen.

wkcraven

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:03:46 -0800

All true, except that it happened at Montgomery station, not Embarcadero. Unless it happened twice Tuesday evening.

Agent510

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:50:58 -0800

Kudos to the person who stopped the train. That's what you call heroics!

Tendernob

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:49:24 -0800

MUNI: the next best thing to riding in the back of a chicken truck.