tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post115132705008501076..comments2023-10-02T04:41:34.722-04:00Comments on Marry in Massachusetts: Big Town Trouble on the Tracksmassmarrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358207247771711952noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-1151729595770654272006-07-01T00:53:00.000-04:002006-07-01T00:53:00.000-04:00what about the driver? trains probably just don't...what about the driver? trains probably just don't stop on a dime. the driver may get a bad rap and years of therapy, yet, he seems to come out a bad guy......just a thoughtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-1151729409176415972006-07-01T00:50:00.000-04:002006-07-01T00:50:00.000-04:00try to imagine the guy driving the train. he prob...try to imagine the guy driving the train. he probably gets a lot of grief, when he was just doing his job in the wrong place at the wrong time........just a thoughtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-1151350324467172232006-06-26T15:32:00.000-04:002006-06-26T15:32:00.000-04:00I see that BadTransit has its own take on MBTA dea...I see that BadTransit has <a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7703913&postID=115135032446717223" rel="nofollow" two_fatalities_in_two_days_anyone_watching="">its own take</a> on MBTA deaths.massmarrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358207247771711952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-1151347385287924742006-06-26T14:43:00.000-04:002006-06-26T14:43:00.000-04:00Intriguing...I don't commute by Red Line, but have...Intriguing...I don't commute by Red Line, but have taken it for many years with no such stoppage. This may require some research. I wonder whether the T talks numbers on its deaths. <BR/><BR/>I see from February 2005, that two BU students struck on the commuter-rail tracks were ruled neither suicide nor drug related. A 2002 Harvard Square subway death of a 17-year-old was either accident or suicide. Last year, a 20-year-old Ipswich guy apparently killed himself by lying on the tracks and letting a commuter rail train run over him. It seems these deaths are odd enough to be noteworthy -- when the press gets around to it.<BR/><BR/>As part of the <A HREF="" REL="nofollow" HTTP://WWW.BOSTON.COM/NEWS/LOCAL/ARTICLES/2005/02/10/TRAIN_KILLS_2_BU_STUDENTS/>BU-student story</A> the <I>Globe</I> reports 56 commuter-rail related deaths in the previous five years. It claims 20 folk died by subway car and eight by bus, walking on or falling on tracks. Also, two T workers died during repairs.<BR/><BR/>So, is it four a year by subway and 11 by commuter train on average? Compared with our murder rate, that's small beer, but it freaks us out, from commuters to train engineers. Certainly the idea of being crushed by a massive train does not appeal to me.massmarrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358207247771711952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-1151345681334029902006-06-26T14:14:00.000-04:002006-06-26T14:14:00.000-04:00You must not ride the Red Line. Suicides happen t...You must not ride the Red Line. Suicides happen there with alarming frequency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com