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Thread #141942   Message #3269378
Posted By: Paul Burke
06-Dec-11 - 01:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: What kind of person would do this?
Subject: RE: BS: What kind of person would do this?
Most "accidents" are caused by carelessness, stupidity, recklessness and overweening confidence, not misfortune. Driving recklessly, especially while ratrunning through residential areas, is quite as criminal as dropping a concrete block from a bridge. The only difference is that one criminal hopes to cause damage, and the other hopes he/ she will not cause damage (especially to their own vehicle), but takes no care to justify that hope.

But as I pointed out earlier, attacks of this nature on trains are a very frequent occurrence. it's only the underlying intrinsic safety of the railways that makes them survivable.