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It hurts me how thoughtless suicide with a train is. The engineer often suffers from PTSD and many (a closely guarded but often too high ratio) are never able t
by kposehn 11y ago
It hurts me how thoughtless suicide with a train is. The engineer often suffers from PTSD and many (a closely guarded but often too high ratio) are never able to work again. People who have only one way to avert catastrophe - "dump the air" plus emergency brakes to stop the train as fast as possible - become lost in the horrible run-up to impact.
Suicide is never the answer, especially when it can ruin the life of another and lead to their own suicide. A chain of deaths that ripples through communities far removed from the place it starts.
- hitekker 11y agoIn Japan, I believe they try to discourage death-by-train by making the suicide victim's family pay for the cleanup. I don't know what the numbers are (if suicides have decreased as a result of this policy) but I suspect this only makes matter even worse for those left behind.
- kposehn 11y agoWow. I did not know that. It might actually be effective, as family impact is a big part of the culture and social responsibility in Japan.
- AdreKnowChrome 11y agoFiscal accountability and negative reinforcement has always solved spiritual sickness...