Robertj21a
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Announcements don't stop people pulling egresses. All it takes is one selfish idiot - and there are a lot of them about - and it's game over.
Once the egress is pulled it's time to start blocking lines, turning off the juice and the driver being unable to release the brakes until they've reset the egress.
I completely agree that announcements are important but they will not stop south London's finest from egressing trains. The reason Lewisham was so exacerbated was people constantly egressing without thinking of the fact that each time they did that they were stranding all trains in the area for even longer. But what did they care? They jumped off and went home, probably filming it for a bit of instant gratification hit-generation on Twitter in the process. Meanwhile, the post mortem blames it all on a driver who may, or may not, have made announcements.
Like I say, all it takes is one idiot. In suburban London DOO Land people pull egresses for fun. You won't stop it with a few PAs.
Announcements will definitely reduce the likelihood of egress. Why are you so, seemingly, against better communication ?
It may well be that passengers will still, eventually, take matters into their own hands but good communication is likely to give a worthwhile extra period of time before that's inevitable.