peek 20 #1 July 8, 2016 I have to hand it to human beings. Sometimes they think up the most interesting and crazy stuff. I have been hearing on my local radio station about (usually young) people taking selfies where they are standing on a railroad track and the train is approaching. Brilliant! (Except for the safety stuff.) Some of them wait a bit too long to move. Maybe the field of view causes the train to seem further away than it really is. So here is my safety idea. Have a friend with you that is facing the train and not looking through a lens, and when they get scared, have them pull you out of the way. Just a public service announcement you can pass on to your kids. :) You may be wondering if I am being serious in this post. Well, I don't know either, but a train selfie seems important to comment on. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
London86 0 #2 July 8, 2016 Even better when the train conductor boots you in the neck as he goes by for your stupidity like the guy attached! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 615 #3 July 8, 2016 When I was a kid when we were in Germany, the engineers had salt guns. That shit hurts. I still have a scar, but I never played on the tracks again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HapHazard 0 #4 July 9, 2016 That crap happens a LOT. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/ex-footballer-chris-mitchell-hit-7926871 I had a close call myself once, which stunned me. You would think that you could hear them coming a ways off. But I was standing on the tracks taking notes while overlooking an adjacent construction site, and the next thing I know, a train was coming at me about 50-yards away (slowly, thank god), and I never heard it coming. Somehow they can be amazingly silent at times. There's an ugly video on LiveLeak.com of a guy in India who tried to kick a train, got spun off balance, and the train ran over his leg amputating it. Don't kick trains! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,362 #5 October 8, 2016 My theory has been confirmed: http://www.fox19.com/story/33341644/excessive-selfie-taking-could-be-sign-of-mental-illness-study-says"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites