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"And so the scare stories begin..."

[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/4383107.stm[/URL]

This only a day or two after 2 little idiots got themselves killed playing on train tracks. Yes, thanks, we know trains are dangerous, we don't need a flurry of articles and warnings to keep us in our plac...oh, too late. I mean, that's the most vague of news stories there, it screams "Public Safety Announcement". What's the betting a newspaper will carry an article on some single Mother who had a stupid child play on the train tracks and get killed come Monday?

Bah, I'm grumpy.

RoJ wrote:
> "The trains on that particular piece of track go at 75mph, they
> are big trains, weighing about 200 tonnes and they can't move out of
> the way," he said."
>
> And here was me thinking trains could jump.. Way to state the
> obvious moron.

Don't be silly - they can swerve. D'uh

I agree with everyone. Even when I was two years old I knew that railway tracks were dangerous. Serves those kids right >=)

Trains can swerve?

I hope that was a joke

Same way that boats can fly I suppose... moron

Where does your stance include hovercraft?

BOATIST!

A hovercraft isn't a boat

But a catameran (sp?) is?

BOATIST!

But that's not what you said

A catameran lifts itself off the water right?

What does a hovercraft do?

Hovers.

..off the water.

And?
It's still not a boat.

It goes on land, has an above-water engine and doesn't have a hull to keep it afloat.