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TSR69
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prolly best to assimilate the emotional damage soon after such an incident
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| Posted: Thu, 22nd Oct 2009 13:33 Post subject: |
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damn.. i would freak out, its true you cant possible watch children all the time things can go from good to very bad in just mere seconds. i would go nuts if that happend to my daughter.
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helvete
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| Posted: Thu, 22nd Oct 2009 14:55 Post subject: |
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the fact that the platform had a downward slope towards the friggin train. Instead many of you go on judging the mother, about whom you know nothing. She made a very human mistake imo. The engineers who designed that platform made an almost criminal one.
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| Posted: Thu, 22nd Oct 2009 15:00 Post subject: |
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| helvete wrote: | | I'm surprised no one has mentioned the fact that the platform had a downward slope towards the friggin train. Instead many of you go on judging the mother, about whom you know nothing. She made a very human mistake imo. The engineers who designed that platform made an almost criminal one. |
Further reinforcing my initial point; PUT THE FUCKING BREAK ON THE BUGGY.
Seriously, how hard is it to push your foot down on the break by the wheel? When I used to take my little sister out in her pram, I put the break on every time I stopped somewhere - because you never know what's going to happen.
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helvete
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| Posted: Thu, 22nd Oct 2009 15:47 Post subject: |
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But of course she should have! Of course! But making one tiny mistake like that should not potentially kill your child and ruin your life. Look closely, she only looks away for a second, and then it's too late. One moment of carelessness, in a perfectly normal everyday situation, is all it took to almost lose her child and have you condemn her. Now I couldn't see the slope on that vid, and I don't know if she could or not. I'm guessing neither do you. I'm guessing you aren't a computer either, and you probably make mistakes all the time. This time, though, the consequences could have been horrifying, but the consequences are NOT always directly proportional to the neglect. Sometimes a tiny mistake can have dire consequences, often it takes a huge mistake. Building that platform with a downward slope was the huge fucking mistake in my book.
Bah.. done with this thread now. Haven't eaten yet and don't want to turn into Angus McFuckmouth. 
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| Posted: Thu, 22nd Oct 2009 16:03 Post subject: |
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I don't disagree with you mate, I really don't. That downward slope is negligent and borderline criminal, I absolutely agree. Not just for pushchairs and mothers, but also for ANYTHING on casters/wheels; like wheelchairs or delivery carts. Anything could roll down that slope and onto the tracks.
I guess I just see it as more of a personal thing too, which could have easily been avoided had she placed the buggy horizontally - or just merely put the break on.
At the end of the day, there was no damage done - the baby lived, she didn't lose her child, everyone happy. Which is all that matters. I'm just glad that train was stopping at the station, rather than being one that didn't - because if it wasn't stopping or slowing down, the story would have ended up very differently.
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| Posted: Thu, 22nd Oct 2009 22:09 Post subject: |
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While I am certainly glad to know the child is alive and well this is certainly not a miracle.
The train was already at a greatly decreased speed as it was coming to a stop plus the child was in the stroller which took the direct hit and not the child inside. With these two factors combined I'm not really surprised to know the child is alive.
I hate how things are labeled as miracles when they have a perfectly reasonable explanation.
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| Posted: Thu, 22nd Oct 2009 22:19 Post subject: |
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| swingman wrote: | | No parent can watch their children 24 hours of the day. Everyone lets down their guard unkowingly at some time or the other. |
Of all the times in the day I would choose to be watching my child extra close, I think being on a train platform, with a pram, when a train is coming would be one of those times.
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