Posted July 24, 200915 yr My apologies if this had been posted before...... but WTF?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK0BoJ5f85s&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1
July 24, 200915 yr These are the train pushers, they have them all over Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pusher_(railway_station_attendant)
July 24, 200915 yr I might be going crazy but I'm not entirely sure if this is the first time it was posted just today let alone over the many years the forum has been around.
July 24, 200915 yr I can't imagine pushing on the last person is really very efficient. The most crowded public transit I've been on is the buses in Groningen, The Netherlands. No pushers, but lots of wet, cranky Dutchfolk packed in chest to back, shoulder to shoulder. I rode in the stairwell a few times, even on the dashboard once. I find it funny now when people complain about crowded transit in Cleveland because a few people are standing.
July 24, 200915 yr But at least there wasn't a smelly homeless person bothering the driver! You must not pick up vagrants while driving like I do.
July 24, 200915 yr So, how does anybody get off a train that crowded? It seems like it would be impossible to get to the door, unless everybody spilled out again.
July 25, 200915 yr So, how does anybody get off a train that crowded? It seems like it would be impossible to get to the door, unless everybody spilled out again. When you click on the wiki link, it says that the train pushers also become "pullers" when a train arrives. the joys of public transportation People dying from wrecks on 71,75, 275, and 471 are so common, I would assume that the general public feels zero sympathy when reading the articles ... and this is just in Cincinnati.
July 25, 200915 yr It would never happen here in the US. Too much groping would go on. ha. get it....perverted americans.
July 27, 200915 yr It would never happen here in the US. Too much groping would go on. ha. get it....perverted americans. oh no, not just americans, they have that problem in japan too. however, i think those crafty, clever japanese may have solved the problem. presenting....female only subway cars. on the chuo line since 1912(!) and on all lines since 2001. wiki sez south korea instituted these too in 2008. read all about'em here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women-only_passenger_car and look -- it's all pink, tidy and nice! :wink: :laugh:
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