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Shooting the breeze.

Simondo

VIC

8025 posts

Simondo

VIC, 8025 posts

25 Jan 2012 9:54pm

Whilst it's sad someone died, it might be for a good cause... To potentially teach other kids how stupid and idiotic this kind of behavior is. I would think he's eligible for a Darwin award!?

www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/im-the-kelly-slater-of-train-surfing-teens-web-boast-before-city-bound-electrocution-20120125-1qg6g.html

Next thing you know, there will be a roof camera on the trains and a monitor for the driver to watch, to distract the driver from other real potential hazards...

SandS

VIC

5904 posts

SandS

VIC, 5904 posts

25 Jan 2012 10:07pm

Good idea, do we still have conductors ? , would give them something to do monitor the roof cam!!!!!!

Kaz1983

306 posts

Kaz1983

306 posts

25 Jan 2012 7:11pm

But yeah I agree a roof cam would the way to go.

Mark _australia

23695 posts

Mark _australia

WA, 23695 posts

25 Jan 2012 7:19pm

I like the new Indonesian idea of suspending steel balls from chains above the track.
That would sort the d!ckheads out.

Indo's ride on the roof cos they're poor (like above pic) but what excuse do privileged Aussie kids have? None.

slainte

QLD

2246 posts

slainte

QLD, 2246 posts

25 Jan 2012 9:45pm

Don,t watch if squeemish

Stuthepirate

3591 posts

Stuthepirate

SA, 3591 posts

25 Jan 2012 10:22pm

^^^Looks like Lukes Skywalker's Uncle Owen on Tattooine

Kaz1983

306 posts

Kaz1983

306 posts

25 Jan 2012 9:45pm

It almost looks like he grabs the wire to balance...

I bet people there were shocked and not because someone is on the roof of active train like they should, no that so many people get on top of roofs of trains without any problems.

japie

NSW

7146 posts

japie

NSW, 7146 posts

26 Jan 2012 12:53am

Jeez imagine how bad that must have smelled!

Stuthepirate

3591 posts

Stuthepirate

SA, 3591 posts

26 Jan 2012 1:47am

I do a bit of High Voltage (33kV) switching at work. When i was completing my training the instructor, who used to be an Electrical Inspector, described the smell as a lot like bacon

. He had to investigate electrocution accidents and the like.

dinsdale

1227 posts

dinsdale

WA, 1227 posts

26 Jan 2012 4:14pm

japie said...

Jeez imagine how bad that must have smelled!

From experience, if you can turn your mind off what it actually is, it smells fine - like any other BBQ.
No, I'm not trying to gross anyone out - burnt humans really do just smell like any other cooking flesh/meat. Turning ones mind off can be hard though, especially later

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