Comments on: MTA Releases Video of Muni Crash at West Portal Station

By: Spokker

Spokker — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:12:54 +0000

“No one rushes over to help. Most seem nonplussed, but others run away as if these electric vehicles were going to explode or something….”

Thanks, Superman.

By: Jamison Wieser

Jamison Wieser — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:12:04 +0000

It’s not natural or instinctual to run towards the 80,000 (I believe it’s somewhere around that) objects crashing. Those who didn’t run away were probably awestruck and petrified by what they’d just seen.

I promise you not one person’s first thought was “those are electric and have obviously lost power since they’ve stopped moving and are now perfectly safe to approach.” It doesn’t matter how many crashes you’ve seen on tv or in movies, real or not, you are not prepared. I say this as someone who just witnessed a nearly fatal nearly fatal streetcar crash from just as close and only a few years ago ran towards a car crash yelling “take the key out” when I saw gasoline leaking out.

By: Todd Edelman

Todd Edelman — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:17:12 +0000

No one rushes over to help. Most seem nonplussed, but others run away as if these electric vehicles were going to explode or something….

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:03:08 +0000

@Nick They do work, and people have used them.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:34:38 +0000

If the K wasn’t there to stop the runaway train, it most likely would have killed some people over the next 3-5 blocks. Do those red emergency handles actually work and would anyone on the train have known to use them?

By: Sparky

Sparky — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:03:34 +0000

I just can’t stop watching — It’s like a train wreck.