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Re:Nvidia marketing manager killed during train rescue attempt by kbrosnan on Saturday January 25, 2014 @03:21PM (#7122209)
Trains take miles to come to a complete stop. Unless the person is standing in the tracks for minutes these would be ineffective.
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Re:Nvidia marketing manager killed during train rescue attempt by mikeash on Saturday January 25, 2014 @05:05PM (#7122712)
Massive freight trains with hundreds of fully-loaded cars take miles to come to a complete stop. Small passenger trains are a different story.
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