TrainFanatic Posted January 21, 2011 Share #26 Posted January 21, 2011 Installing words in the platform and near the edge that would read "STEP BACK". The words would flash every second whenever a train is about to arrive in the station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trainmaster5 Posted January 21, 2011 Share #27 Posted January 21, 2011 Once again the only way to remove the gap fillers would be to close the 14th Street station, and reopen the 18th Street station, but rebuild the station so it would be an express station. It can successfully replace the 14th Street station. You can rebuild the 18th St platform s/b to create a connection with the Union Square BMT station but you CANNOT make it an express stop. There is no place for an express platform in that area except at it's present ( 14th St ) location. North of the 14th St station you have switches and their associated compressors and hardware. You also have the signal room and, most important, the steel girders supporting the whole system down there. Remove those girders and the whole thing comes down, including the underpinnings for the Union Square station complex in the IRT area. Further north in the 17th-18th street area there is no place for a platform as the distance between the s/b tracks is only girder width. Perhaps you have a different approach to it because many professional planners have looked at the area and came up empty. You're more than welcome to elaborate your plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopsicleXGirl Posted January 21, 2011 Share #28 Posted January 21, 2011 I agree, but he was drunk. So who in there right mind would take the subway while being wayy above the alcohol rate? drunks are not in the right state of mind, that why. they always end up stumbling their way down into the subway... keeps me entertained on the midnights. :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOB2RTO Posted January 21, 2011 Share #29 Posted January 21, 2011 Why? They've done nothing to deserve it. I hope the judge fines the plaintiff and his lawyer $100,000 for wasting the taxpayers' time and money. It won't happen but this is America and at least I can still dream here. That's one right the rich, their lackey politicians, and idiots haven't taken away (yet). Only if. Only if, they did that......... Wirelessly posted via (BlackBerry8520/5.0.0.900 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100) I read that in the paper at work today. In it they said there want many sings there. But at every gap filler, there's a red sign overhead, its painted on the floor (albeit faded in some places), and they anounce it every 2 minutes. I see enough coverage there. Plus the last paragraph said that the South Ferry has the chains that extended with the platform. That station has been rendered moot once the new station opened a few years back. Also, the curvature of the track at that station was far more grater than at Union Sq. Just another New Yorker trying to make a quick dollar off the That announcement plays more than every 2 minutes. More like every 15-20 seconds. When I am on the Lexington Lines, I say to myself, "why don't that announcement, STFU for a minute!!!!!) If he wins, then hopefully he'll celebrate with packs of beer. Beer for everyone, woooooo!!!!!!, fall............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abba Posted January 21, 2011 Share #30 Posted January 21, 2011 If he was helped immediately, I'd say that this case is ridiculous. But the fact that he wasn't helped for 30 minutes may mean he may have a small case, but definitely not 15 million. This I agree with the most.Not 15 million.But definitely at least 5.Maybe 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted January 21, 2011 Share #31 Posted January 21, 2011 Wirelessly posted via (BlackBerry8520/5.0.0.900 Profile/MIDP-2.1 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/100) Once again the only way to remove the gap fillers would be to close the 14th Street station, and reopen the 18th Street station, but rebuild the station so it would be an express station. It can successfully replace the 14th Street station. So let ne get this straight...you want the to close down one of the busiest stations on the Lex, and recommission one 4 blocks up that closed over 50 years ago? No offense but that's the dumbest idea ever. In addition to what Trainmaster5 said, you have to clean off 50 years of dirt and graffiti, extend it to fit 10 cars THEN turn around and refit it as an island platform. All because people don't know how to read signs and listen to announcements. No one in their right minds would fund that. I have an even simpler idea...pay attention to the gaps, I'm pretty sure you can notice it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted January 21, 2011 Share #32 Posted January 21, 2011 yeah ok go play in traffic so you can't sue the TA next time something happens As Mike would say, "Tell him to go sh*t in his hat!" If he was helped immediately, I'd say that this case is ridiculous. But the fact that he wasn't helped for 30 minutes may mean he may have a small case, but definitely not 15 million. EMS was on the scene in less then 5 minutes. It took 30 to free him which is only a bit longer then that type of extrication usually takes. He was drunk, he should get nothing. In fact, they should have given him a summons for public intox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediccjh Posted January 21, 2011 Share #33 Posted January 21, 2011 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INDman Posted January 21, 2011 Share #34 Posted January 21, 2011 My record is taking a college student with a BAC of 0.45. He ended up on a vent. It happens from time to time. I have also heard of people with a BAC of 0.4 actually functioning to a point, but they also happened to be hardcore alcoholics that were dependent on the sauce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted January 22, 2011 Share #35 Posted January 22, 2011 As Mike would say, "Tell him to go sh*t in his hat!" HA! That line never gets old. Indeed. This guy can shit in his hat and wear it too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted January 22, 2011 Share #36 Posted January 22, 2011 My record is taking a college student with a BAC of 0.45. He ended up on a vent. Wow. That guy's lucky he's alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted January 22, 2011 Share #37 Posted January 22, 2011 EMS was on the scene in less then 5 minutes. It took 30 to free him which is only a bit longer then that type of extrication usually takes. He was drunk, he should get nothing. In fact, they should have given him a summons for public intox. Exactly. I think many posting are forgetting that odds are it wasn't as simple as just lifting him out when the gap fillers were released. They probably had to use the "space case" airbags to move the train away from the platform to clear his body and lift him out so as to make sure they did it properly and didn't cause futher injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr4567 Posted January 22, 2011 Share #38 Posted January 22, 2011 Exactly. I think many posting are forgetting that odds are it wasn't as simple as just lifting him out when the gap fillers were released. They probably had to use the "space case" airbags to move the train away from the platform to clear his body and lift him out so as to make sure they did it properly and didn't cause futher injuries. They did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted January 22, 2011 Share #39 Posted January 22, 2011 They did. OK then there ya go. Takes time to set those things properly otherwise you move the train wrong and it's a wrongful death lawsuit getting filed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queens Surface Posted January 22, 2011 Share #40 Posted January 22, 2011 Just like the MTA did with walking between train doors, The mta should make it illegal to walk on the curved platform edges when the train doors close. Even though it may cause some issues,its the only way people can start using there minds. Have fun finding a way to get that enforced, if it were ever to happen. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubwayGuy Posted January 22, 2011 Share #41 Posted January 22, 2011 Just like the MTA did with walking between train doors, The mta should make it illegal to walk on the curved platform edges when the train doors close. Even though it may cause some issues,its the only way people can start using there minds. No...our legal system should start enforcing accountability and stop wasting the taxpayers' money on garbage that could have been avoided through the plaintiff's own proper actions instead of idiocy. It should also stop wasting taxpayer money on bogus rules which both require financing to enforce and take away the freedoms of those responsible enough to act properly and live with the consequences of that act, good or bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elantra06 Posted January 23, 2011 Share #42 Posted January 23, 2011 From what a witness posted on another site, this guy was pretty drunk and when he got stuck the first thing he was worried about was hiding his beer can that was on the platform next to him. If I remember too in the original picture I saw in the newspaper there was a beer can in a paper bag that was next to him. I also read witness accounts that he was more concerned with hiding the beer can he dropped when he fell. From all of what I read though the guy was drinking on the platform. He was not paying attention, was drunk and fell. When the train stop he decided not to wait until the platform extended and in he went. I don't think he has a case if the responding EMT's and police take note that he was intoxicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 1 Posted January 23, 2011 Share #43 Posted January 23, 2011 Just like the MTA did with walking between train doors, The mta should make it illegal to walk on the curved platform edges when the train doors close. Even though it may cause some issues,its the only way people can start using there minds. No way. The MTA shouldn't have to keep making common sense rules because of people not using their brains. They DO tell you not to walk along the platform edge in the first place and this guy should not get anything since he contributed to his own injuries by drinking in the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PopsicleXGirl Posted January 24, 2011 Share #44 Posted January 24, 2011 They did. that's not an airbag in that picture. a passenger lodged a cardboard box in there in hopes to relieve pressure..... didn't work though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rr4567 Posted January 24, 2011 Share #45 Posted January 24, 2011 that's not an airbag in that picture. a passenger lodged a cardboard box in there in hopes to relieve pressure..... didn't work though. Oh. Guess I was wrong then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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