Comments on: MTA, Other Train Operators Need To Back Off Calling Track Fatality Victims ‘Trespassers’

By: Chris (Admin)

Chris (Admin) — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:19:33 +0000

What ‘railroaders’ call them is irrelevant.
What railroad press spokesman call them is, because the survivors are listening.

Its not about who’s right or who’s wrong, its about character, class, and respect for the survivors by acknowledging the gravity of *their* plight first, not the inconvenience to the bureaucracy.

I guess its because I worked in an ER for 7 years. As much as we would verbally abuse comatose helmetless motorcyclists and seatbeltless car passengers, it never really crossed our minds for a moment to walk out into the waiting room and let the family know how their daughter’s illegal behavior fucked up my workday.

By: Hotrail

Hotrail — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:29:31 +0000

That’s what railroaders call people that don’t belong on tracks. A chicken is a chicken. A dog is a dog. A person that belongs on tracks is called a roadway worker. And a person that does not is called a trespasser. Anyone that thinks they have the right to stand or walk on tracks is wrong. Sorry for the “victim” but it is what it is.

By: Jim Cameron

Jim Cameron — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:05:07 +0000

Trespasser? Would-be suicider? Idiot? Who cares.

The real victims in these recent rail deaths aren’t the people who lay down on the tracks, but the railroad engineers who couldn’t stop their trains in time and the first responders who had to clean up the carnage.

See my post: http://tiny.cc/668Vz