Re: Broken Door

[Ben Munro <sporologist@yahoo.com>]

Nobody wrote:
> 
> I caught a train from Central station today around 6:00 pm to Hornsby via
> Strathfield.  I couldn't get in because the door had a tape across it
> indicating the door was not functioning.  So I tried a carriage that had a
> door which was functioning.  I pity the poor people who were trying to get
> out of that carriage, because they clearly didn't know the door was marked
> on the outside that it was busted and their frustration was clearly
> manifest...  Quite frankly, in my view these carriages are major safety
> risks because it reduces the emergency exits available when trains derail...
> and have other accidents.

I have seen these stickers on the inside of the doors too. Some people
either don't read them or can't read them and then stand there waiting
for the doors to open. Then they madly run for the other doors when I
point out what the sticker is saying.