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Originally Posted by Yakk
Most safety things happen because someone dies and they then retrofit a solution to prevent that death the next time.
Ever wonder why airplanes are safe? Lots of deaths, each one of which resulted in a procedure to make that death not happen.
Personally, I don't think they should rest until subways are safer than airplanes! Or, at least, the marginal cost of preventing one death is, say, 5 million 2005 dollars.
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Dude... we're not talking about public safety. This was a kid NOT of legal drinking age, VERY intoxicated, and SO SMALL that she fell through an ~8" gap.
On top of that, she then CRAWLED into the path of an oncoming train.
That is not a public safety issue. You cannot safeguard reality from every possible permutation of unknown stupidity, like was shown here.
While safety is a good aim to have, this is an asinine application of "precaution". This person's stupidity and drunkenness lead to a
series of missteps that cost her life.
What I want to know is, who got her underage ass drunk?