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Re:Nvidia marketing manager killed during train rescue attempt by CamperBob2 on Saturday January 25, 2014 @05:12PM (#7122747)
Are most of these cases suicides, or accidents of some kind? If they're accidents, it seems like a few cheap IR sensors deployed in the tunnels near each station could be used to trigger an emergency stop for any approaching trains.

If they're suicides then there's no point spending a lot of money trying to prevent them, at least not at such a late stage.

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Re:Nvidia marketing manager killed during train rescue attempt by auctiontheory on Saturday January 25, 2014 @10:31PM (#7123733)
Emergency stops are a big deal for trains, especially loaded freight trains. False alarms (from animals, or people jaywalking across the tracks) would create a whole 'nother set of problems.
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