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> So they don't know how blue lights do anything. It appears that they also don't know whether the blue lights prevent suicides, or merely relocate them to som
by ggchappell 11y ago
> So they don't know how blue lights do anything.
It appears that they also don't know whether the blue lights prevent suicides, or merely relocate them to somewhere besides train stations.
Regardless, reducing the number of suicides in train stations is not a bad goal ...
> Part of the reason the city concentrates its efforts here is because such “human accidents” are costly and can disrupt tens of thousands of passengers for up to an hour, weekly or even daily.
... but it is not really a goal that is motivated by concern for the people who might kill themselves.