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Old December 29th 05, 03:12 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.local.london,uk.transport.london
Peter Hucker Peter Hucker is offline
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Default Teenager dies 'playing' on hi-speed track out of Paddington

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 01:15:09 -0000, Laurence Payne wrote:

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:22:24 -0000, "Peter Hucker"
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My reaction is:
Why is there any reaction? People are killed every day on the roads, yet if it's on a railway, all hell breaks loose.


Does it? I see some waffle here, but no reaction that matters in the
real world.


I've never seen waffle on newsgroups about a road accident. And the media always show train and plane accidents with far more seriousness than road accidents.

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