On Mar 12, 12:07*am, Uncle Toby wrote:
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:47:43 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
And what if the screeching is at such a high level that it is
potentially damaging to the hearing of people on the platforms,
without the track being dangerous itself? The noise wasn't ignored, as
the track lubrication problem was fixed and the station reopened; this
is nothing like taking the batteries out of a smoke alarm.

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This is not a new problem, but deserves to be taken seriously. I have
been on the platform at Bank in the past (at least five years ago)
when the screeching was so loud that it hurt my ears. Now I'm a 50+
guy who's attended a few gigs in his time and used to have a serious
habit of headphones so loud that they hurt after, perhaps, 30 units of
alcohol.

There is a story here. It's not health and safety gone mad: it's why
the level of maintenance is inadequate.

I don't know if it was dangerous or not.

My point was that the tone of the reporting was to mock the fact that
LU responded to reports of noises, and to recall the different tone of
reporting when LU didn't respond to reports of noises (different
situation obviously).

The fact that trains continued running with people excluded just adds
mystery to it all. It could be sound levels, but these were not
apparently measured. I wonder if people "complaining" were asked if
they wanted the station closed?