With specific regard to railway suicides; One of the sad facts of such events is that they're normally done "on the spot"...Few "jumpers" go to the extent of pre-planning their thoughtless act.
AFAIK they simply get pig sick of life there and then, decide to end it all, and often they choose the railway as the
means to an end to get the job done...Often with the most horrendous and long-lasting consequences for those unfortunate enough to witness said act! :roll:
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Now I'm going to be a little frank about my own view on the matter - And I sincerely apologise in advance to anyone who takes exception or distaste to this viewpoint - But if suicides were often planned or otherwise forseeable, then my personal wish would be for those "jumpers" to assemble in a predetermined place (Preferably on a remote "spare" branch where normal running wouldn't be distrupted) awaiting a specially booked train driven by myself for this purpose.
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Although I like the idea of railway suicides about as much as anyone else on the forum (That is to say; Not at all) I would sooner a "jumper" threw themselves underneath a train that I was driving as opposed to one driven by someone else. And if a specially booked "jumpers" train could run a service on an unseen and little used branch line, it would at least constrain the sheer horror of such things to the driving/clean-up crews operating that line!
Sadly though, life can never be laid out in such an organised, logical and
keep the grisly stuff only for those who don't mind dealing with it fashion...
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