Tributes paid to electrocuted boy (BBC News)
 

Teachers lead tributes to a 13-year-old boy who was apparently electrocuted at a rail freight depot in Liverpool.

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As an ex teacher, the crocodile tears don't cut any ice. If he had been taught to read properly - especially warning signs - he might still be alive!

Liike tony says if he could be bothered to read the warning signs he would know that he should not have been there.
Mike.

There is a graphic piece of video circulating showing what happened to a gent who clambered on to a carriage roof on a recently electrified part of the Indian railway system. This should be shown to kids everywhere, shocking or not. No doubt the PC Brigade would scream "Trauma"

The BTP on occasions go around the schools,colleges etc with their roadshow showing graphic images and video of actual incidents but it doesn't matter how often they do that or how often the railway runs TV ads or how often you say to people,(not just the youths of today),keep off the tracks they still go there.

Its a proven fact as people are still dying on the railway that shouldn't be dying. When people start to realise that the railway is a dangerous place to be,its not a playground or a public right of way then we will be on the right track (no pun intended) to educating folks on how to stay alive.

Rant over:(

Les

When I was a lad (pre teen age) railways were places we were drawn to, and I wince now at some of the things we got up to.

As one gets older and "matures" a better sense of right/wrong develops and we are much more aware of danger.

We all have to take responsibility for our own actions.

When I was at primary school we used to have people come in and talk about railway safety, but it was done to a point where you really wouldn't want to do anything stupid on the railways. Think because we had it at a very young age. However I think the real problem is because of the fact that most kids now are just left with 'nothingness' in terms of school holidays, nothing to do, knowhere to go (not really their faul more society's) and these things happen.

When I was at school, we Never had anybody talk to us about Railway safety, yet they rammed it down our throat about Road Safety, but it never stopped one pupil getting killed after walking out from behind a bus.

Trauma or not, SHOW that video and I have seen it.

The Indian Video is stomach churning. It should be shown to teenagers. It might just make them think ..... perhaps.

I have to say that the tribute thing is getting out of hand. Everyone seems to be a saint ... would that they were!

John H-T.

As stomach churning as it is, it might shock (Excuse the pun) many more NOT to treat the railway as a playground.