Comments on: Keeping Trains Safe http://www.tofugu.com/2013/05/03/keeping-trains-safe/ A Japanese Language & Culture Blog Sun, 13 Apr 2014 10:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: cosmin http://www.tofugu.com/2013/05/03/keeping-trains-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-121284 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=30480#comment-121284 “cultural attitudes towards suicide” – LOL

]]> By: belgand http://www.tofugu.com/2013/05/03/keeping-trains-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-108717 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:36:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=30480#comment-108717 Yep, that’s pretty much exactly the same as what we have in San Francisco. Just an open area for the train and a platform separated by that strip of bumpy yellow tile with a bit extra to indicate where the doors should be. Subways, commuter rail, and on the few occasions that I’ve been able to take inter-city rail are all pretty much like that or even more open without grade separation.

Just look at any film or TV show set in a subway station and you’ll see that it’s the standard throughout the US. You might see a sign or hear an announcement stating that you should wait behind the line before the train arrives, but that’s it.

]]> By: belgand http://www.tofugu.com/2013/05/03/keeping-trains-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-108711 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 11:32:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=30480#comment-108711 Except I’ve had shabu shabu and hotpot numerous times in the US without warnings or incidents. They trust you with a boiling hot vessel and a propane stove. A quick search shows a couple of yakiniku places in town as well.

]]> By: Rose http://www.tofugu.com/2013/05/03/keeping-trains-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-90201 Sat, 11 May 2013 17:54:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=30480#comment-90201 I think she was forced to drop the case in the end, since it received such a back lash – but here’s an article on it: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9965804/Policewoman-wants-to-drop-compensation-claim.html

]]> By: linguarum http://www.tofugu.com/2013/05/03/keeping-trains-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-88003 Wed, 08 May 2013 19:39:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=30480#comment-88003 Just got back from Japan, and it did strike me how many tripping hazards there were. Irregularly spaced steps, odd curbs were everywhere. Lots of uneven flooring, even in major malls and train stations.

]]> By: Naty http://www.tofugu.com/2013/05/03/keeping-trains-safe/comment-page-1/#comment-86659 Tue, 07 May 2013 09:52:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=30480#comment-86659 In Korea they have those in most stations. But it’s more of a glass door/barrier that goes up to the ceiling and only open when the train comes.

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