SFist: A Total of Three Pedestrians Hit By Trains Yesterday

Todd X

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:36:55 -0800

My father is a locomotive engineer, and he instilled a healthy fearful respect of trains in me. They don't stop on a dime, folks.

Incandenza

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:58:12 -0800

Greg- I vividly remember an after-school special (albeit in South Africa) about the many, many, many dangers of playing near train tracks. I also remember a particularly gruesome Faces of Death clip featuring a wee German girl, a commuter train and her disembodied head. To this day I stand about 10 feet away from the yellow line at BART.

periqueblend

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:40:02 -0800

I'm with you Spencer, its pretty obvious where, and only where a train can possibly go...

Greg

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:35:42 -0800

I guess they don't hand out the infamous "Safety with Trains" brochures anymore. When I was a kid I remember in school they'd hand out these things, as the train went through Burlingame and they were thinking about the children. The brochures had a lot of little tales of the "Red Asphalt" variety highlighting the many ways kids could get maimed or killed by trains, or how their tomfoolery could cause a train wreck. Then it had all sorts of deets on how one could avoid being a tale of woe in the next edition. I remember it to this day because it was so graphic, but it also left me with the impression that running around a train is probably not a good idea.

Cyclelicious

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:32:41 -0800

I see people standing in the yellow area of the platforms all the time. Sometimes the engineer yells out his window at them to back away -- one little slip and you're done. This morning at Diridon Station, the engineer on #312 blasted his horn as he pulled into the crowded station. I wondered what that was about until I read the story about the Livermore man.

icbalaam

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:32:32 -0800

Trains are out to get us y'all! Time to write a children's book called, The Little Engine that Could Kill You to teach kids about these predatory machines.

the_absentee

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:31:15 -0800

It's called Natural Selection.

RinconHillSF

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:29:59 -0800

I understand our City's Pedestrian Advocacy group, Walk San Francisco, is having a benefit party on Friday, April 18th .... a good organization to support if you're concerned about pedestrian safety in San Francisco. http://www.walksf.org/s2s

sf_bikebike

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:04:33 -0800

dang!

Incandenza

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:58:14 -0800

someone needs to tell CalTrain to stop hosing down the platforms with Astroglide.

Spencer Williams

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:52:00 -0800

I don't understand how you can get hit by a train by accident. Maybe none of these were "accidents," but honestly will someone enlighten me on how you accidentally get hit by Amtrak??? 3 in one day! WTF.