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Sanjay Vreep
Feb 6, 2012, 6:00:55 PM2/6/12
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INDONESIA has come up with another bizarre plan to keep
commuters from riding on the roofs of trains: Swat them with
brooms drenched in putrid goop.
Railway official Ahmad Sujadi says the contraptions will be
installed at select crossings beginning today.
Anyone still defying the roof-riding ban risks being "whipped".
Indonesia has tried everything imaginable to keep passengers
from clamouring on to the roofs of the country's overcrowded
trains, including spraying them with paint guns and calling in
sniffer dogs.
Last month, authorities dangled grapefruit-sized concrete balls
from a frame above the tracks.
Worried they'd be hurt or even killed, "rail surfers" were
forced to think twice.
Sujadi decided it wouldn't hurt to try the broom idea, too.
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INDONESIA has come up with another bizarre plan to keep
commuters from riding on the roofs of trains: Swat them with
brooms drenched in putrid goop.
Railway official Ahmad Sujadi says the contraptions will be
installed at select crossings beginning today.
Anyone still defying the roof-riding ban risks being "whipped".
Indonesia has tried everything imaginable to keep passengers
from clamouring on to the roofs of the country's overcrowded
trains, including spraying them with paint guns and calling in
sniffer dogs.
Last month, authorities dangled grapefruit-sized concrete balls
from a frame above the tracks.
Worried they'd be hurt or even killed, "rail surfers" were
forced to think twice.
Sujadi decided it wouldn't hurt to try the broom idea, too.
Stephen Sprunk
Feb 6, 2012, 6:31:32 PM2/6/12
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On 06-Feb-12 17:00, Sanjay Vreep wrote:
> Indonesia has tried everything imaginable to keep passengers
> from clamouring on to the roofs of the country's overcrowded
> trains, ...
> Indonesia has tried everything imaginable to keep passengers
> from clamouring on to the roofs of the country's overcrowded
Have they tried adding more capacity so that the trains aren't
overcrowded in the first place?
S
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Dave Smith
Feb 6, 2012, 7:23:50 PM2/6/12
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On 06/02/2012 6:31 PM, Stephen Sprunk wrote:
> On 06-Feb-12 17:00, Sanjay Vreep wrote:
>> Indonesia has tried everything imaginable to keep passengers
>> from clamouring on to the roofs of the country's overcrowded
>> trains, ...
>
> Have they tried adding more capacity so that the trains aren't
> overcrowded in the first place?
>
It wouldn't matter. They would still have to pay. The roof riders are
> On 06-Feb-12 17:00, Sanjay Vreep wrote:
>> Indonesia has tried everything imaginable to keep passengers
>> from clamouring on to the roofs of the country's overcrowded
>> trains, ...
>
> Have they tried adding more capacity so that the trains aren't
> overcrowded in the first place?
>
riding for free. FWIW... I saw a news item just a week or two ago that
they were going to have big metal balls hanging on chains to brush the
roof riders off. The problem was that they were going to be about
14inches above the tops of the train cars and the hitchers would jsut
duck under them.
John Halpenny
Feb 6, 2012, 7:32:48 PM2/6/12
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Çons@32%
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