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From: Bill.Koppelmann@f114.n104.z1.fidonet.org (Bill Koppelmann)
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Subject: Re: SUBWAY SAFETY
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Date: 17 Oct 90 04:45:03 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Paula, I found your remarks on subway safety to be most interesting, 
however, i apply the same logic to this question that I do about audible 
stoplights.  Surely they aren't gonna put those safety strips everywhere, and 
if you get used to them when you are faced again with a situation where they 
aren't there, aren't you going to begin to rely on them and then maybe really 
hurt yourself because you weren't alerted to where the edge of the platform 
was?  I've ridden these trains many times when I lived in Chicago, and I can 
tell you that the results can be tragic when you aren't paying attention.  I 
know, I fell off an elevated platform once and I'll tell you that the reason 
was that I just wasn't using my cane properly.  
Bill.

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