February 22, 2005
Blammo!

Cool only because nobody was seriously injured: an abject lesson in why people shouldn't screw around with trains. Apparently the cameras were set up by a lawyer trying to prove how unsafe the crossing was. Proof don't get much better than that!

Posted by scott at February 22, 2005 11:36 AM

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Neat, but my favorite "safety demonstration" was that Darwin award (and probable urban legend) about two workers who suffered a near-fatal shock while setting up a metal ladder to reach a window whose metal frame happened to be touching a drooping wire. What made it worthy of a Darwin was when officals from the workers' insurance company tried to replicate the conditions of the accident, only without taking the safety precautions the workers had...

Posted by: Tatterdemalian on February 24, 2005 12:02 AM
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