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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/6959749.stm

Whilst I have no doubt of the increased intelligence of younger NSers over the average teenagers, it stiill amazes me every time I see this or have to deal with it at work. The sort of intellect that says "lets mess about on a train line that has several tons of metal moving at speed with bad footing and a metal bar with 750 volts running next to it" is just beyond belief.

The lesson is very simple and I would hope I don't have to say it to antone here.

STAY OFF THE TRAIN LINES

Well fuck me, I used to go fishing there every weekend.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/6959749.stm

Whilst I have no doubt of the increased intelligence of younger NSers over the average teenagers, it stiill amazes me every time I see this or have to deal with it at work. The sort of intellect that says "lets mess about on a train line that has several tons of metal moving at speed with bad footing and a metal bar with 750 volts running next to it" is just beyond belief.

The lesson is very simple and I would hope I don't have to say it to antone here.

STAY OFF THE TRAIN LINES

When I was younger there was a low-lying electrical cable on the way to school - we used to leap up and hang off it for kicks.

If it had swung to hit the parellel line, or if we'd touched the ground, we'd have been fried.

What can I say, kids are stupid

I used to live near there. The general intelligence of that area is poor. Google for 'chav', you'll see what I mean.

I think they know they can get killed but they just they think it won't happen.

At least the train wasn't damaged.

At least the train wasn't damaged.

Them poor people where probably late for work though.

Them poor people where probably late for work though.

At 10pm? Train was probably almost empty.
Some of them might've missed the pub closing, though.

Them poor people where probably late for work though.

Never mind the passengers, what about the poor driver? That guy has to live with that for the rest of his life.

I don't see that he has anything to feel guilty about...

Too little information to say how they got there. Maybe they were pushed? Cannot determine whether they're Darwin Award winners or otherwise.

Too little information to say how they got there. Maybe they were pushed? Cannot determine whether they're Darwin Award winners or otherwise.

Article says they appeared to of been play fighting on the tracks. That's stupid.

Well some of my friends thought it would be a great idea to try their hand at tombstoning. But thankfully I managed to persuade them not to.

Momma always said that stupid is as stupid does.

How do you not notice or hear a train coming?

This is exactly why silent trains are a bad idea.

Click Stand;12991545']How do you not notice or hear a train coming?

This is exactly why silent trains are a dad idea.

It's one way to avoid child support, certainly.

I BEFRIEND CHESTNUTS;12991490']Well some of my friends thought it would be a great idea to try their hand at tombstoning. But thankfully I managed to persuade them not to.

I'm sure I'll regret asking, but what's Tombstoning?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstoning

An extreme sport involving diving off a fixed point such as sea harbour walls, bridges, rocks and cliff faces into water. The sport's origins can be traced to United Kingdom west country.

I think that's the right one.

More train related stupidity:

HOUSTON -- Three teens died late Wednesday after their car went through railroad crossing arms, collided with an Amtrak train and caught fire, deputies said.

Harris County sheriff's deputies said the driver tried to cross in front of a passenger train along Beaumont Highway at C.E. King Parkway at about 11 p.m.

Slideshow: Teens Killed Trying To Beat Train

Investigators said the engineer sounded the train's horn and applied its emergency brakes, but was not able to avoid hitting the car.

"The three occupants in the vehicle, two Hispanic males and one Hispanic female, were found to have no signs of life here on the scene," Lt. Daryl Coleman said.

Witnesses told detectives that the driver went to extreme measures to try to beat the train.

"According to witnesses, as well as the engineer on the train, the driver of the vehicle disregarded the railroad warnings and went through the railroad arms," Coleman said.

The train hit the passenger side of the car and pushed it about 2,000 feet down the tracks before the car caught fire.

"The engineer observed that the vehicle had caught fire and attempted to back the train away from the car," Coleman said. "He could not back it away. It actually drug the car back some distance, maybe 100, 150 feet, at which time he stopped, exited the train."

The engineer put the fire out with an extinguisher carried on board the train.

Union Pacific crews separated the car from the train.

The 66 passengers on board the train had no idea what had happened.

"None of them saw anything, heard anything or felt anything," Coleman said.

None of the passengers or crew on board the train was injured.

The train originated in Los Angeles and was destined for New Orleans. The train continued on its trip after a four-hour investigation.

Investigators are working to determine how fast the train was traveling at the time of the wreck. The legal limit on the tracks is 70 mph.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/13955891/detail.html

Article says they appeared to of been play fighting on the tracks. That's stupid.

It says a play fight that went wrong. Not play fighting on the tracks per se.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tombstoning

I think that's the right one.
That's the one. There have been some very serious injuries from it as well.

Lack of common sense? It's fairly prevalent on this planet, unfortunately enough.

And on an unrelated note, I passed all seven subjects of my GCSEs with no failures (D or below).

I don't see that he has anything to feel guilty about...He might not feel guilty, but having a human go splat on your windshield is not a nice memory to have. The kid probably hit the train lower down, but nevermind. It's like causing roadkill if you have a fondness for furry animals, only worse, probably.

Lack of common sense? It's fairly prevalent on this planet, unfortunately enough.

And on an unrelated note, I passed all seven subjects of my GCSEs with no failures (D or below).A D isn't actually a fail, a G is. It's just no one cares if you got anything less than a C.

Article says they appeared to of been play fighting on the tracks. That's stupid.Kids need to learn that stuff like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTRo6RHdWm8&mode=related&search=) isn't possible in real life. Only perhaps without them dying in the process of their education.

Kids need to learn that stuff like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTRo6RHdWm8&mode=related&search=) isn't possible in real life. Only perhaps without them dying in the process of their education.

Meh, stupid kids are hardly an endangered species. Killing a few won't make them extinct.

Alas.

It says a play fight that went wrong. Not play fighting on the tracks per se.

if you are correct... then they were play-fighting at the station NEAR the tracks. dunno about you, but as a kid, I knew not to horse around near train tracks.

now if they were shoved onto the tracks... then the surviving kid should say something.

it turns out that teenaged people dont believe that things that can kill you can kill THEM. you have to be a bit older before knowing that something is very dangerous really keeps you from doing it.

it turns out that teenaged people dont believe that things that can kill you can kill THEM. you have to be a bit older before knowing that something is very dangerous really keeps you from doing it.

The tragic thing is that such foolishness no longer precludes them from having already spawned little bastards to carry on their failed genes.

it turns out that teenaged people dont believe that things that can kill you can kill THEM. you have to be a bit older before knowing that something is very dangerous really keeps you from doing it.

I read an article that said that the problem is that teenagers measure risks too logically. Older people tend to dwell on the negative consequences of taking risks. So a teenager would think, "If I nick this TV/ have sex without a condom/ play on these train tracks, then there's actually only a very small chance that I'll get caught/ pick up an STD/ get splatted, while someone older wouldn't get past "what if I do ...?"

I think they know they can get killed but they just they think it won't happen.

That's why we call them "fucking stupid".

I'm glad he won't be passing his genes on.

Never mind the passengers, what about the poor driver? That guy has to live with that for the rest of his life.

Yeah, I used to live next to a man who'd gone through just that. Twice. There's no need telling them it's not their fault, they know, but it's still a damn heavy burden.


As for people doing- well, that: We've had 19-year-olds in my last year in school who wanted to catch a train, missed it by seconds, ran back into their car and 'raced' the train to the destination they'd been headed. Unfortunately, that way also included a train crossing. They knew exactly where the train was (just a couple hundred meters behind them, remember they were monitoring it as they were racing it), and yet decided to 'sprint over' the crossing. They were all dead just some seconds after that decision.

I have to admit I have not been able to feel the tiniest amount of 'pity' for them, and I've actually become rather rude when people from my year kept insisting that I should display said 'pity'. I could see pitying the family/friends for their loss, but I can't say I'm sorry for the guy who decides to throw his life away like that.

That's nothing. A few weeks ago over here one bright individual lay down in a hollow underneath the tracks and stuck his head up as a train was coming. Not only this, but his friends video taped it and put it on the internet(he survived, alas). As I understand it he's sionce been arrested.

I read an article that said that the problem is that teenagers measure risks too logically. Older people tend to dwell on the negative consequences of taking risks. So a teenager would think, "If I nick this TV/ have sex without a condom/ play on these train tracks, then there's actually only a very small chance that I'll get caught/ pick up an STD/ get splatted, while someone older wouldn't get past "what if I do ...?"

yeah

so pretty much everyone taking stupid risks are teens. (not quite true but we ignore the adults who die stupidly) the odds are that ..... 5% of them will get the bad outcome. which is exactly what happens. lots of teens have unwise sex, a certain number of them get away with it (if they dont do it all the time) and a certain number get pregnant or pick up an std. same with unwise driving habits and unwise drug usage.

That's nothing. A few weeks ago over here one bright individual lay down in a hollow underneath the tracks and stuck his head up as a train was coming. Not only this, but his friends video taped it and put it on the internet(he survived, alas). As I understand it he's sionce been arrested.

This thread is useless without pics. I want to see the dent in his skull.

That's nothing. A few weeks ago over here one bright individual lay down in a hollow underneath the tracks and stuck his head up as a train was coming. Not only this, but his friends video taped it and put it on the internet(he survived, alas). As I understand it he's sionce been arrested.

wow.

that is astonishingly stupid.

That's nothing. A few weeks ago over here one bright individual lay down in a hollow underneath the tracks and stuck his head up as a train was coming. Not only this, but his friends video taped it and put it on the internet(he survived, alas). As I understand it he's sionce been arrested.

It's always tragic when there are survivors.

That's nothing. A few weeks ago over here one bright individual lay down in a hollow underneath the tracks and stuck his head up as a train was coming. Not only this, but his friends video taped it and put it on the internet(he survived, alas). As I understand it he's sionce been arrested.

He should've stuck his testicles up there. It would have been better for all mankind.


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Why is everybody looking at me like that? I was nowhere near that train derailment! You can't prove a thing! :p