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Why is the survival rate for people who jump in front of railroad subway trains so high?
Why is the survival rate for people who jump in front of railroad subway trains so high?
Why do so many suicide attempts by jumping in front of a subway fail so often?
According to wikipedia:
Jumping in front of an oncoming subway train has a 67% survival rate, much higher than the 10% survival rate for rail-related suicides. This is most likely because trains traveling on open tracks travel relatively quickly, whereas trains arriving at a subway station are decelerating so that they can stop and board passengers. Jumping in front of an underground train is a common form of suicide in many larger cities, such as London.[citation needed]
I don’t see how 67% of suicide attempts jumping in front of trains would fail?
I have no idea, but I remember seeing a video on the news about a woman who fell into the tracks of a railroad subway train just as the train was approaching. She could not get up as she was intoxicated, the people on the platform flagged the train, waving wildly. The conductor did not know what was going on, but saw the woman, and stopped a few INCHES right in front of the fallen woman.
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