The topic of our article will not be easy. But we need to talk about this. Trains knock people down. In fact, the wording is correct, but do not forget that this is not a car, it can not maneuver and go around a person who has appeared in the way. The only thing the driver can do is to brake urgently, but, as a rule, accidents result in death.
How do people get on trains
In most incidents, this is due to non-compliance with safety regulations. Let's consider some of them:
- Transition paths in the headphones. While enjoying his favorite tunes, a person does not hear the appropriate composition, as well as warning sound signals.
- Stay drunk from taking strong drinks.
- Moving the railway crossing by bike. This is not an asphalt coating; there are gaps between fragments of the flooring in which the wheel may become stuck.
- Selfie lovers die, climbing onto cars and taking pictures in dangerous places.
All the tragedies show the carelessness of the victims.
So what can not be done on the railway
Failure to comply may result in an accident. Prohibited:
- talk while crossing paths on a cell phone and in headphones;
- cross paths in an unequipped place;
- move near the rails (should be at least five meters from the tracks);
- approach the train until it has completely stopped;
- lean on the walls of the train, crawl under the cars, because the train can start moving instantly;
- play in the area of the railway;
- cross the excretory line running along the platform, because the protruding cars can touch you;
- peeking from the vestibule, hanging from the train window;
- hop on a train that is on the go;
- climb on trains, there are high-voltage wires that just burn you to ashes;
- to avoid places where the turnout takes place, the leg may be caught by arrows.
Failure to comply with at least one of the rules can cost you your life. Please note that the speed of passenger trains can reach 130 km / h or more, the average train weight is 700 tons, and the stopping distance is about a kilometer.
And how to cross paths?
Trains bring down people because of their negligence and neglect of established rules. All are required to:
- Cross the tracks in special places, if there aren’t any at the station, it’s worth crossing the flooring with the sign “Crossing the tracks”.
- First, look around, if there is an approaching train.
- When the train is running, stop and skip it, and only then continue the transition.
- Before starting the movement, it is necessary to carefully examine everything whether there is a sound and light alarm, in what position the barrier is. The passage is permitted only with the barrier raised, if there is none, make sure that there is no train approaching.
In our busy everyday life, we are all in a hurry somewhere, rushing headlong, sometimes forgetting about our own safety. But one negligent mistake can take our lives. There could be significantly fewer people killed by train if they complied with the following rules.
Here are some more important recommendations.
Prohibited:
- walk by rail;
- to cross and cross paths if 400 meters are left to the approaching train;
- cross paths if the barrier is lowered and when the light warning is on;
- start moving after the last train, without making sure that there is no oncoming traffic;
- to climb under the train and through the places where the wagons are coupled;
- walk between disconnected wagons if there are not ten meters between them;
- pass by the train if it is less than five meters away;
- approach the electric wire that goes along the ground closer than eight meters.
Dear parents, conduct conversations with children, explain to them the rules for the safe passage of tracks and behavior near the railway. How scary the phrase sounds: "The train moved a man." This is a tragedy, not only of those who fell under the train, but of his relatives and the driver himself. According to statistics, each driver has about ten past lives.
Not everyone can become a driver
Yes, trains bring down people, this is a tragedy, and all because the colossus does not always have time to slow down. In the depot they take drivers only with excellent health. Indeed, in an emergency, he will have to make, perhaps, one single decision that will save hundreds of destinies that are behind his shoulders.
Before the trip, the driver undergoes a thorough physical examination. A number of psychological diagnostics are also carried out with him for monotony, fatigue and quick reaction. All this is necessary so that he can switch from personal anxieties and worries to work. As the drivers themselves say, after several such checks, you sit in the cab assembled and with a cold head.
This is hard irregular work. You can’t fall asleep on the way. A special device is put on the hand - a watch with a built-in sensor. If the driver begins to fall asleep, due to indicators that go to the receiver associated with the general security system, he will be woken by a strong beep. And he wakes up, and immediately must confirm his vigor. Otherwise, the train will automatically stop.
Often trains bring down people. Almost every driver in his account has about ten casualties. Horrifying cases of train-hit kids.
Particularly crashing into the consciousness of the first accidents. Engineers remember them and can describe them in great detail. After all, they have to establish whether a person is alive or not. If fatal, he collects the remains and stacks them from the edge until the arrival of police officers. And he himself needs to continue the path in order to keep up with the planned schedule. Just imagine how he feels. After an accident, as a rule, the driver is given a seven-day rest. In many cases, they write a letter of resignation.
Psychologically, the work of the driver is very difficult. It's hard to hear when a train has moved a person, but there are many cases where a train collides with a car. The reason for such terrible disasters is the carelessness of motorists who think they have time to jump over the roads. There are cases when trains ran into trucks too, pulling them in front of themselves several tens of meters. All that remained of them was miserable piles of metal. This is a terrifying sight.
People who want to voluntarily die are often killed under the wheels of the train.
Consider the causes of suicide
The terrifying statistics of the planet show that every thirty seconds someone voluntarily passes away. This is scary. What is pushing people to do this? What can bring to the edge?
Drunkenness
Often, people who committed suicide were intoxicated.
Depression
Many do not withstand the rhythm of life in large cities or everyday difficulties that they face daily. Many do not cope with their psychological imbalance, falling into deep depression, developing into pathological forms, which leads to suicide.
There can be many sources of depression: this is unrequited love, loneliness, poor dependence, and so on. Therefore, it is extremely important to talk with your children, be interested in their life, participate in it, help, support, be as close as possible. You need to be able to notice the alarm signals in time and come to the rescue.
Genetic predisposition
There is the fact that in 8% of people who commit suicide, parents had a predisposition to this. Of course, sometimes scary pictures of childhood, when a mother swallows a handful of pills and dies in front of a young child, make it possible to speak not only about genetics, but also about deep mental trauma.
Accident example
The Internet is full of headlines: "A man fell under a freight train." And again, reading about accidents, opening all new links, you understand that the blame for the carelessness and carelessness of the victims.
Here is an example of a typical case. The eleventh grader was returning home from a disco, crossing the railway tracks with headphones. The station workers shook hands and shouted to him, the driver warned of the danger with sound and light signals, applied emergency braking. Unfortunately, a clash was inevitable. The loaded train moved at high speed, the stopping distance of which was a thousand meters. He was thrown away from the blow of a young man, he died on the spot, and rhythmic music sounded in his headphones.
Death does not always happen
Sometimes, due to ridiculous carelessness, a person gets under a train and remains a cripple until the end of his days. A seventeen-year-old man crossed the road, listening to music on headphones, and fell under the train. He lost both legs and four fingers of his right hand. A third-year student at a technical college, whose whole life is ahead, remains disabled.
There are special fences along the tracks, thanks to which no accidents occur in these areas. But to install them everywhere is impossible. Therefore, people should rely only on their vigilance.
A train will never run over a person!
People and cars themselves fall under it. What are the reasons for the tragedy at moving? Let's consider some:
- Rush. People are careless, they think it has passed once, and another one will be lucky.
- Inattention. Talking on the phone while driving, listening to loud music, of course, dull the attention.
- Fatigue. Because of it, accidents occur in 20%.
- In 25%, the cause of tragedies is the use of drugs.
- Exceeding the allowed speed becomes the most common cause of accidents at railway crossings, they are allocated 30% of cases.
These are scary statistics. Neither five, nor ten, nor fifteen minutes of delay before moving are worth the life of a person. Especially when you are not alone in the car, when a child is sitting in a child seat.