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by: Your Name - Fri, 5 Jan 2024 06:20 UTC

On 2024-01-05 03:31:05 +0000, RICH said:
>
> They installed these on some bridges in Toronto, but over roadways, so
> suicides wouldn't land on the top of moving cars. But who cares if
> they jump a few hundred feet into water? The suicides are a VERY minor
> threat to boats.
> Next thing will be "suicide gates" in front of subway platforms.
> Why are governments so Hell-bent on preventing people from exercising
> their right to kill themselves if the choose to?
>
> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67884390

It's difficult to tell from the couple of photos I've seen, but it
looks like the netting is only a few feet below the bridge railing.
That makes it pretty pointless - someone jumps off, lands in the net,
then simply crawls to the edge of the net and jumps off again anyway.
At best it gives them a few extra seconds to change their mind.

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by: The Horny Goat - Sat, 6 Jan 2024 07:11 UTC

On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 19:20:01 +1300, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
wrote:

>On 2024-01-05 03:31:05 +0000, RICH said:
>>
>> They installed these on some bridges in Toronto, but over roadways, so
>> suicides wouldn't land on the top of moving cars. But who cares if
>> they jump a few hundred feet into water? The suicides are a VERY minor
>> threat to boats.
>> Next thing will be "suicide gates" in front of subway platforms.
>> Why are governments so Hell-bent on preventing people from exercising
>> their right to kill themselves if the choose to?
>>
>> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67884390
>
>It's difficult to tell from the couple of photos I've seen, but it
>looks like the netting is only a few feet below the bridge railing.
>That makes it pretty pointless - someone jumps off, lands in the net,
>then simply crawls to the edge of the net and jumps off again anyway.
>At best it gives them a few extra seconds to change their mind.

They studied such a net system for the Vancouver Lions Gate Bridge
(also a suspension bridge) but never built such a thing. Don't believe
they ever said why but perhaps Rhino has a link I didn't see - this
would be about 5-10 years back.

Time to be aggressive. Go after a tattooed Virgo.

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