Category: News and Views
Hello,
I'm posting this because this was a personal friend of mine, and I'm hoping by getting this news out to the blind community more may be done to make train platforms more accessible/safer.
In short, she fell from the platform and suffered a severe head injury, resulting in a coma. She past away last night.
The link to the full news story is below.
http://link2it.net/fvkjpi
Thank You.
that's ashame.
sorry to hear about your friend- and i totally agree, platforms need to be made a lot safer even over here in the UK
I knew her as well, though not well.
It is very sad. Once I read the account of what happened, knowing that station, I can see how it could happen. Very sad all around...
Thanks, and it is.
Apparently 12 people in the last 5 years have died on Edmonton LRT stations in similar incidents, so hoping to get changes so this stops happening.
Damn! First of all, I'm sorry for the loss of your friend. Train platforms are scary. I hope they're able to come up with something to make it safer.
I'm so sorry about your friend! That is really upsetting.
I am sorry about your friend.
Here me have something that makes a differents. The NFB fights against it, but I love it, and so to sighted people.
Next to the drop, or train tracks in my city, and many others, you feel a ruff surfus. You know that you are close because of it. Even in snow you can feel it. That helps you from stepping to far out.
Again, sorry for her.
wow... I'm so sorry for your loss, I really hope something will be done to make train platforms more accessible. Just really sad.
Firstly, I really feel sorry for your friend.
As per India, even though we, blind people are keeping on fighting for the accessibility, it's still far far backward while comparing with all your countries.
So far, as I've heard, there's only one or two audio signals has been placed all over India. I've never come across that honestly. No accessibility in the railway stations. I manage since I can see the white paint has been painted at the edge of the platforms. Other than that, no any landmarks.
There are two seats allotted for the handicapped in every compartments, but we cannot identify them since that won't be placed in the same place with all the compartments. Also there won't be any braille lables or anything similar to that.
Likewise, I can keep on telling about this on and on. But you people may get fed up with my rant so I'll end it here for now.
I do wish for some common laws has to be implemented all over the world for blind people and their accessibility. If they are not following, that country has to be strictly peanalised.
Most of the train stations have bumps along the edge. They haven't released the video or more details of what happened, but I know that station fairly well and the edge is not very pronounced. That being said, certain factors could have come into play.
Was the floor wet, resulting in a slip?
Was she not using a cane, and perhaps not aware she was so close to the dge?
Were there obstacles in the middle of the platform?
Right now we have more questions than answers, and no matter what happens, there's a young man who's lost his wife and two adorable kids whose mother is gone... no amount of safety measures can bring her back.
Sad,
Kate
Vary true. Here in America the platforms are really good and as good as they can probably get without causing other problems. The ruff surfuses really help near the tracks.
I do agree with the last post though.