Posted by Chicago at adsl-68-79-2-115.dsl.emhril.ameritech.net on March 11, 2004 at 14:38:59:
In Reply to: Another news bit about someone else not too bright posted by Barry, Suave MF on March 11, 2004 at 13:56:24:
My parents are friends with a fire fighter/paramedic and he was telling me how Metra was thinking of having a deployable airbag cow catcher. You know those metal shovel-like things on the front of old trains? Well, Metra was going to do the same thing for humans. If the conductor were to see, say, a girl with headphones on... they would hit his button, the thing would fill with air like an air bag, and cushion the blow. They were seriously thinking of doing this. Then I think they realized that a.) they could spend a ton of money and have those things made... or b.) they could wait for folks to get smart and look out for 100,000 ton pieces of metal rushing towards them. And shit, b.) hasn't happened. Having said that, I just fucking hope I don't get hit by a train.