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Re: busted for moving between cars at Woodlawn...... |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Sat Dec 15 21:44:54 2007, in response to Re: busted for moving between cars at Woodlawn......, posted by Osmosis Jones on Sat Dec 15 21:35:00 2007. can't the MTA just lock the end doors and in am emergency the crew will unlock them? The stickers on the end of the R46s say that.Not practicable, I think. In the event of an emergency or nightmare scenario, the doors have to be operable by passengers. I recall reading in the newspaper that in the event of emergency, the glass on the end doors of "the longest cars" (75' cars) pops out readily if pushed. It's important to have flexibility in the event of a Colin Ferguson or other deranged person. With the 75' cars, I believe that the issue is that there's not enough clearance between the cars on some turns to permit safe passage. So I think that's why those cars have this extra precaution as compared to the rest of the fleet. Is it too much of a precaution compared to the need to escape readily if required? I don't know enough to answer that question, which sounds like a difficult policy analysis involving different probabilities. |
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