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From: William.Wilson@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson)
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Subject: Re: SUBWAY SAFETY
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Date: 2 Oct 90 01:14:02 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 JS>  Many subway systems have a strip of differently-colored tile 
 JS>  along the edge of the platform as sort of a warning track.  A 
 JS>  tactile strip would be merely an extension of this approach - 

Jeffrey,
     I was watching channel 9 out of New York the other day for my daily
shot of inane nonsence, and on a talk show they discussed the awarding
of 9 million dollars to some guy who fell off the platform and lost an
arm!
     Not only did it come out in court that there were plenty of
warnings for the people on the platform, the guy admitted to being drunk
as a monkey!
     Amazing to me that a jury could award such a settlement to someone
so obviously at fault for his situation, but even more amazing that some
blinks think asking that a minor adaptation be made by the transit
authorities to help us out is unreasonable or inappropriate!
                                        Willie
     

... BlinkTalk, Dr. Deb and Silver in Pittsburgh!

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