On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:10:58 +0000, Acrosticus wrote:
Oh dear! Expectations of safety on the tube have clearly fallen lower
than many of us had imagined. At one time transport operators were eager
not even to injure passengers, but now it seems the important thing is
not killing them.

Point is you're more likely to be run over by a bus on the walk to the
tube then to be injured underground. 40 injuries this year? With about 80
million journeys? Thats a 1 in 2 million chance per year of being injured.

In comparrison you have about a 1 in 100,000 chance - 20 times more likely
- of a major injury at work (HSE figures 2000/1)

A bit of perspective would be nice. I'd rather they spent the money on
building new lines, or quadrupling (overnight running, more peak trains,
longer maintenence periods, route around broken trains etc).