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- From: matthew@cs.su.oz (Matthew Geier)
- Subject: Re: Stupid People (Rock Throwing)
- Reply-To: matthew@cluster.cs.su.oz.au (Matthew Geier)
- Organization: Basser Dept of Computer Science, University of Sydney, Australia
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 02:08:48 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.020848.28783@cs.su.oz.au>
- References: <1992Nov6.223536.9587@engage.pko.dec.com> <1992Nov7.181832.27959@steam.rome.ny.us> <1e475kINNc1q@gap.caltech.edu>
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- In article <1e475kINNc1q@gap.caltech.edu> pvmason@cco.caltech.edu (Peter V. Mason) writes:
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- >BTW, boneheads along the SP cut along Mission going east from LA
- >used to throw rocks at the trains. Since they were about eye-to-eye
- >with the cabs, they managed to prang a couple of engineers. Does this
- >happen elsewhere?
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- I guess this happens every where. Just this weekend I pickuped up on my
- scanner a report of kids throwing rocks at passing trains. ( Both Suburban
- and Freight.).
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- In the summer when the drivers tend to have their side windows open, a few
- get hit. Its rare that a kid lobs a rock big enough to break the glass.
- (Athough some times they do... ).
- Most of our Suburban fleet now has armoured windscreens so its unlikely that
- a rock will break it. The same cant be said for the side windows.
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