Thursday, March 23, 2006

BART passengers want to know everything

Why do some BART passengers want to know everything from why the train is slowing down to why they are being evacuated. In the latest problem it was announced that there was a "police emergency" and that the train was being evacuated. That is all that is really needed. That there is a fire, a bomb, a pregnancy, an operator that fell asleep, whatever, is not important or necessary to tell the passengers. Just follow instructions for a safe and quick evacuation. That is all that is needed. Unfortunately last week one or more persons did not follow instructions and disabled a train by opening a door with the emergency release thereby making it impossible for the train operator to reverse direction and back away from what was a relatively minor fire. I do not fear BART but I fear some BART passengers.

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