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More action needed to combat railway suicidesTuesday 29 June 2010 More needs to be done to prevent people committing suicide by jumping in front of trains, caretaker transport minister Camiel Eurlings said on Tuesday. Last year, 197 people killed themselves on the railways and 22 people attempted to do so, in line with the trend in previous years. 'The target of a permanent improvement is not being met,' Eurlings said in a letter to parliament. 'These suicides have a great impact on the families and those directly involved such as drivers and conductors, and lead to serious disturbances in services,' he said. 'I have asked [rail operator] ProRail to draw up a programme to try to prevent railway suicides.' © DutchNews.nl
WoW! so they are more concerned about services being disrupted than to find out why so many people in this country are killing themselves EVERY year. dont know what's scarier! By Jen | June 30, 2010 4:46 PM Why doesn't somebody invent a sort of 'reverse airbag' to go on the front of trains? When it senses an impact it inflates a vertical wedge in front of the train pushing off whatever is on the track to one side or the other. Might even work. And if the suicidal people know that this technology exists, and that their attempt to commit suicide is likely to be thwarted, maybe they'll find another method that's less troublesome. By Scott | June 30, 2010 5:17 PM The now heavily committed investment trusts and big investors were heavily hit at this point. They were "too big to duck." Investment trusts lost about $500 million in the crash. By Fair observere | June 30, 2010 7:58 PM Perhaps we should just lower the standards for euthanasia--assisted suicide laws... anyone and everyone who wants out should get their ticket punched. By Quince | June 30, 2010 8:12 PM they don't want to pay for mental health anymore in the new insurance plans.. nice huh? By LJK | June 30, 2010 10:27 PM An acquaintance of mine tried to top himself at Haarlem train station a few years ago. The police removed him and later let him go. That same day he was found dead after having jumped from the roof of a multistory car-park... By stevie | July 1, 2010 12:56 PM
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Isn't this a virtually impossile task for ProRail? People in a suicidal state of mind are highly unlikely to think about the effect of their actions on others. They just see it as a fast and efficient means of exit, so what can ProRail do? Maybe sorting out people's mental health care rather than paying lip service to ailments like depression would have more effect?
By Train Spotter | June 30, 2010 9:39 AM