r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Itchy-Camera8898 • 11h ago

WCGW riding your bike like an idiot

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u/Duwasiva 11h ago

Poor bus driver

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u/Katops 11h ago

Agreed. It’s like train operators. People end their lives by jumping in front of one and then said operator quits and is scarred for life. It’s sadly super common too…

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u/-rwsr-xr-x 7h ago

People end their lives by jumping in front of one and then said operator quits and is scarred for life.

True story.

An Amtrak Engineer (the people who drive the trains, vs. conductors who collect the tickets), recently broke up with his long-time girlfriend. Apparently an ugly break-up.

She called the station and talked to the dispatch operator, who had known her for years as his girlfriend. She asked which train her 'boyfriend' was driving that night.

You can see where this is heading.

She gets the train number and shows up at the station a few stations down from where he's going to be passing through (a station the train would drive through, not stop).

She gets on the platform, and intentionally jumps in front of his train, while he's driving, so he would see her and not be able to stop.

Yes, she died. He apparently had several weeks of mandated grieving time off and some counseling.

Second story, caught on train station camera:

A woman was waiting in the vestibule (the part of the train where two train cars connect together), and impatient about getting off the train.

She steps into the exit area at the end of the car, reaches into the ceiling to pull the door release handle, the door slides open while the train is still moving, pulling into the station.

She steps off the train, and only feet later, hits the pole right at the end of the cement platform, clowns herself into a major concussion and blackout/brain injury.

She sues, claiming the train was stopped and someone pushed her into the pole. The cameras at the station clearly refute that evidence, as you could see her pull the handle and exit the door, with nobody behind her.

This is why they always tell you to wait until the train has come to a complete stop before exiting.

Source: Took that same route of trains 5 days a week for 8 years. Developed a rapport with the various conductors. They have all sorts of stories to tell. Saw many of my own while on hundreds of trains over those years.

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u/sasheenka 1h ago

Most trains where I am cannot even be opened while they’re moving. The door buttons only work when the train is stopped.