[Shed Cat]

I was reading in the papers yesterday (so it must be true) that there is a new ruling that train operators will have to remove the existing windows in carriages and fit laminated glass to prevent passengers being thrown out in an accident. This glass will be unbreakable and the little hammers now supplied will be removed as useless.

In an accident you will have to evacuate through the end doors, assuming that they are still openable, and have not been crushed and there is no fire etc. (I thought ends of coaches were meant to have intentional "crumple zones" anyway??)

Of course the coaches will notto have to have new emergency exits fitted, like on aeroplanes.

Statistically it might be claimed to be safer (allegedly) but it "feels wrong" and makes me feel a bit uncomfortable and claustrophobic, in a way that I dont feel on an aeroplane.