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billege · 03-15-2006, 11:23 PM

I'm a sighted hearing person and I don't go walking down the fucking railroad tracks because trains can kill a person.

I can't even express what kind of dumbass goes for a walk on the tracks, texting on a damn phone, with the certain knowlege that they can't HEAR a train should one come.

C'mon, she was 18, and she wasn't deaf yesterday. It's a TRAIN. You have to be a certified dumbass to get hit by one. They don't sneak up on you. They only ride on tracks. They can't hop off the tracks and decide to suprise you midway through your local Wal-Mart. You have to be the idiot who walks into thier way, and fails to notice the thousands of tons of noisy, rumbling steel thundering it's way towards you.

Generally, you have quite a bit of sight warning before the moving wall of steel gets to where you are.

Unless, of course, you're walking right next to the tracks, focused on a cell phone, with full knowledge that you can't hear one coming. C'mon. She was 18. That's sad and so damn avoidable it hurts.

03-15-2006, 11:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
billege Watcher Location: Ohio	I'm a sighted hearing person and I don't go walking down the fucking railroad tracks because trains can kill a person. I can't even express what kind of dumbass goes for a walk on the tracks, texting on a damn phone, with the certain knowlege that they can't HEAR a train should one come. C'mon, she was 18, and she wasn't deaf yesterday. It's a TRAIN. You have to be a certified dumbass to get hit by one. They don't sneak up on you. They only ride on tracks. They can't hop off the tracks and decide to suprise you midway through your local Wal-Mart. You have to be the idiot who walks into thier way, and fails to notice the thousands of tons of noisy, rumbling steel thundering it's way towards you. Generally, you have quite a bit of sight warning before the moving wall of steel gets to where you are. Unless, of course, you're walking right next to the tracks, focused on a cell phone, with full knowledge that you can't hear one coming. C'mon. She was 18. That's sad and so damn avoidable it hurts. __________________ I can sum up the clash of religion in one sentence: "My Invisible Friend is better than your Invisible Friend."