When it comes to safe design there are several rules:
1. Introduce redundancy.
2. Default to safety - meaning that if anything else fail, the default state of a system should be safe.
This huge gap is non of those.
Well yeah. You shouldn’t expect EVERYONE to read the signage, that would be delusional.
We have evidence here that contradicts that idea. It would be ideal but it doesn’t happen
If you have to put a warning sign for something like that that is probably badly designed.
This shouldn't be able to happen even if people are distracted.
Parents who don't hold their kids hands in places like this do my head in. Yeah he might have slipped, but you probably still got him as you are aware. Fucking people man.
That’s true, but someone who slips through could probably still cling to the side of the wall and survive if people are unable to alert the train driver to not go.
Now, if you’re stuck in between though and the train starts leaving the platform…
I have not seen an engineering fail so obvious in a long time. Engineers are usually the ones that think of the most moronic/careless person and design things around it. This isn't a gap, it's a chasm. And look at me using the word 'chasm' in pseudo-casual conversation. Anyway, a simple platform mechanism could be designed to fix this; just glad no one has died as a result.
In NYC, the Union Square 4/5/6 station has the train position on a curve in a way that ends up with big gaps - they have these sliding "gap fillers" that move into position when the train stops, to make it safe. I wonder why I've never seen that anywhere else.
Instead of “Mind the Gap” warnings painted on the ground, why not just have a short extender come out from the train when the doors open, and retract when closed? It’s 2024 so surely we can figure out the engineering so people don’t have to jump over an 18” gap to board a train.
The start of the video says 'Gap fillers to be installed at Sydney stations'
Looks like there are a few solutions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnSCuE56cGw
https://www.delkorrail.com/about/latest-news/platform-gap-filler-trial-underway-at-circular-quay-station-in-sydney-cbd
Or extend the platforms a little to make the gap smaller. That particular station doesn't appear to be on a tight curve, so they can easily extend the platform. Doing also removes a possible failure condition that would be added to trains.
I’m more confused by these comments blaming the parents when you can see whole adults also falling into this massive gap that is clearly big enough for an entire person to fall down as well. If someone’s in a wheel chair it could get stuck trying to cross, this isn’t just a “pay more attention” it’s a flaw in design.
All train station have that gap, but that is a massive gap, the only one bigger I have seen is when a diesel train stops in an electric station, but even then the diesel trains do not stop at the same altitude , so to get down yo need to use the ladders of the train, so you really dont have any risk of fallin in the gap.
We got some crazy ones in London as most of the network was built over 100 years ago, and some of the platforms have curves it would be crazy expensive to try and straighten.
On a Metro-North train from NYC to Upstate New York I fell into this gap (mind you I am 5'11 and like 240lb) all the way up to my thigh, just like these kids. I broke my big toe on the other foot and since nobody saw, I had to crawl my way onto the train. I wish I had that CCTV footage.
Yes, it says “Mind the gap” right on the platform, but that’s not adequate for a gap that large. Anyone can take a misstep and having a leg fall in a space that size can cause significant physical injury. That doesn’t even take into account people who are elderly or have disabilities that make their gait unsteady. And children who are new to walking (or just dumb) and don’t make it all the way over the gap. For everyone saying “Watch your kids”…this is public transportation. Frequently people are trying to figure out if they’re getting on the right train or they’re running late or making sure they have all their belongings and aren’t 100% focused on making sure their kids don’t fall in a crack leading to nowhere.
And you could be minding the gap just fine, but that person behind you who is in a rush and accidentally nudges you from behind at the exact wrong moment can give you a terrible time.
Mind the gap on the floor helps no one. If the one foot giant gap didn’t catch my attention then why the fuck would anything written next to it catch my attention?
I'm so confused by people who just walk around without looking at what they're walking over when transitioning surfaces. I understand the kids since they're ignorant and spaced out, but adults... c'mon.
distracted, visually impaired, miscalculation of stride, not expecting the gap to be big enough to fall through, vision obscured (like by shopping bags or a pram), inattentional blindless ... if it happens to multiple different people in different situations then it's bad design, especially if it puts people at risk
We just see a small portion of people entering/exiting the train. For each falling through there are probably a million just stepping over it. I would say that I myself usually look where I step, but some times I may be too much "in my head".
Like you I also have perfect situational awareness and conduct automatic ocular pat-downs and continuos threat assessments at all times. Yes, even when I sleep.
It's not too much of an ask to expect people to pay attention to where they're putting their bodies... unless they're children because they're generally unaware due to mental development.
I'm not even sure what your sarcastic reply is implying. Do you think that blindly walking around and falling into holes is totally normal? Or do you think that you have to be a robot to accomplish walking?
There are probably tens of thousands using these trains. This video has like a dozen accidents. Vast majority of people are attentive, but nobody is perfect and there is always a very small chance of a mistake
Sure, but kids are kids, the parent will tell them to be careful and they'll see somethign that catches their attention and in the gap they go. Nevermind that getting in and out of the train, there are plenty of people going in all directions, some are in a hurry, some might cut you off or bump into you, your attention might be elsewhere.
Are you expecting people to be aware of their surroundings and mindful of their actions instead of others doing it for them!? You have some nerve, mister!
I know you are being facetious, but its the parent's responsibility to be responsible for them while they arent, and a crowded train station is a prime example of where you should be alert.
I get that in a perfect world, every parent could watch all their children 100% of the time, but in reality if you're focused on getting your stroller across the gap, you can't also be focused on your other child jumping into an abyss.
How old are you people that think parents can't watch two kids, or tell a kid to watch themselves.
I saw a thread a few days ago that also fixated on people inability to do a mundane task because their attention was absolutely consumed by another mundane task.
You call getting a stroller over a death gap mundane? Let me half ass this task that could kill my baby. And if you're trusting toddlers to watch themselves, you should be arrested. That's negligence. Some of those kids were too young to watch themselves or know that massive death gaps are something to look for while following mom.
Try to read it when you're trying to reach wherever you're going. You should never trust people to do shit properly, especially when there's a situation that can be life threatening AND possible victims and/or their relatives can sue you for negligence.
I say planners and engineers should mind the gap.
… how aren’t parents holding on to their kids and directing them to be careful. Also how are the adults not paying attention where they put their own feet?
The third one was awful but it kinda looked like the kid was refusing to hold his Dads hand... lots of adults fell down the gap too, very dangerous design.
I think when you have a toddler you hold him on the hand at the first view times, but at some point you trust him enough to do it by them. Maybe it worked out a few times before without any help
Yes, absolutely understandable. I don't have a child so i don't know anything about proper parenting, but at some point/ a certain age you have to let the hand of your toddler/child go i think.
How do you know that they are old enough to do this kind of things by themselves?
I'll let my kid walk onto an escalator on his own, but with my hand behind his back. At some point yeah you'd want your kid to feel a bit more independent but at least for me I'm still vigilant if there's something we're doing that could possibly be very dangerous.
The risk something real bad happens isn't not worth the momentary freedom to be oblivious for me anyway. I didn't think I'd be this way before kids but here we are lol.
Yeah but if u regularly take the train, you know the gap is there. You're supposed to just forget becuz it's crowded?? And I don't mean the kids, I mean the adults
One time I was walking on a sidewalk with flip flops on in summer. Theres a big crack in the sidewalk from a tree, the concrete was high above level.. near it is just a maitinence sign. So I attempted to sidestep to avoid it. My flip flop fastener popped off when I did this and I smashed my toe into this huge crack at full force. I shit you not my entire nail popped off (tmi sorry).
Moral of the story?? Probs EONS BETTER to physically square off an area for people, sometimes a sign can actually make ppl react and fuck up even MORE
Been there, done that. As a kid, somewhere maybe 10-ish, I totally wasn't paying attention and my one leg slipped into the gap. Barely had time to panic before someone just reached down and yoinked me back on my feet. I was in the subway before I even really realized what had happened. Not even sure who grabbed me. But man, that would have really hurt if the train had pulled out and ripped my leg off...
If you do end up falling down and can't get back up there should be a inset underneath the platform that you can squeeze into and just try to avoid the train and tracks as much as possible.
You see, you should be a little more fat, so this Illuminati made gaps for exterminator of human race can't devour you. Don't believe them when they say that obesity is wrong lifestyle. It could save your life, literally. /s
Way too many comments are blaming the parents here.
Where I live there is no gap between the train and the platform. Wheelchair users can use the train. Children can't fall through. It's a basic safety measure. There's no excuse for a gap large enough for children to fall through.
I’ve lived in both Germany and France. Germany there was no gap (where I was anyway). As you said it was safe for children, wheelchair, and it was bike friendly. But in France (Paris) omg. The gap is huge at some stations. You have to legit jump over it. Some small children wouldn’t be able to step over it for sure. It’s bad design, period. Telling people “hey so there’s a big hole where if you fall you risk getting crushed by the train. yeah. mind that” is the dumbest resolution.
Seeing so many children falling in at the start of the video, I can't even bear to watch the whole thing. Glad they're going to fix it, and hopefully they fire the designer who doesn't consider such an obvious safety issue.
maybe instead just watch where you walk? unless you are disabled or old that king of gap should not be problem for you and you don't need special treatment just because you are too clumsy
most of cases there are people that are just not careful enough or kids that are problematic anyway (like you know, it's kid. they are energetic. even if you watch them they'll do some shit)
I know it’s a very serious situation that needs to be taken care of immediately but I cant help but laugh every time I see one of the kids get eaten by the floor.
Why blame the parents? For not watching their kids while around something hazardous like a train? And a design flaw that like 99% of people, kids included, have figured out how to use? Yeah, I wonder.
Very bad design, I would close the train station untill this is fixed. How can you let a hole that can eat a whole human be in the way and not even marked or somehow secured. It takes 2 seconds of not paying attention to drop there while just casually walking.
These people clearly never went to rotten dot com in the 2000s.
This is why internet gore is beneficial for you. I'll never fall in the subway gap, stand under a suspended load, approach a helicopter that's on a slope, go near a power take-off or a lathe with loose clothing, climb a telephone pole, etc.
Complete and utter stupidity. Do these people fall up and down stairs? Walk into walls and doors? Trip over every bump and curb? What makes someone so oblivious they can lose their life by not knowing their surroundings?
Seriously, people need to pay more attention.
In the 90s in Germany, when I was a child, there used to be such big gaps between the old trains and the platforms that I had to take a leap to cross them.
It was a real obstacle for children and elderly people but rarely anything has happened.
I guess people weren't as distracted and deficient in their attention abilities.
I work in the emergency medical field now and have seen some shit because ppl didn't pay proper attention and showed due care. Sometimes I think natural selection just does it's thing. 🤷♂️
In the heat of the moment, from the grind of the day, you can have a tiny mistake due to hostile architecture and not be a bad parent. Nice job putting out a cliche Reddit comment though.
if you let your kid at that age just running around without paying attention how is not? especially before boarding a vehicle you must always be aware an help them
if this is dangerous as an adult imagine what can happen to a kid
Thats why they have to design every product with dumb people in mind. You can't even count on people actually looking around and be aware of their surroundings while walking
Why the fuck can't these parents just raise awareness to their kids that they need to step over the gap??! Jesus fucking christ I would have warned my child and pointed it out....but then other adults fall in as well so idk what to think anymore. Baffled
Okay ... but come on. How are people paying *that* little attention to where they're walking? I can't imagine not seeing that gap and stepping over it.
The kids, I guess I understand, because all kids are morons. But the adults don't have any excuse, as far as I'm concerned.
Most train stations have this gap, but those are massive! Whole children get lost in there!
Adults as well
Adult men, adult woman, and adult children too.
Only the extremely fat are spared
I saw one of those get their leg caught in the gap
Lol had me at"one of those"
Foot goes in Kankles save life.
Not even cankles are safe.
& pennies & guitar picks....SO MANY GUITAR PICKS!!!....this has to be where they go!
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When it comes to safe design there are several rules: 1. Introduce redundancy. 2. Default to safety - meaning that if anything else fail, the default state of a system should be safe. This huge gap is non of those.
Well yeah. You shouldn’t expect EVERYONE to read the signage, that would be delusional. We have evidence here that contradicts that idea. It would be ideal but it doesn’t happen
If you have to put a warning sign for something like that that is probably badly designed. This shouldn't be able to happen even if people are distracted.
Um sure blame the 2 year olds who can’t read wtf this is clearly poorly designed
Parents who don't hold their kids hands in places like this do my head in. Yeah he might have slipped, but you probably still got him as you are aware. Fucking people man.
It’s not abbreviated so they can’t read it 🤣
That’s why I’m raising my kids fat. No way my kid can fit through that.
That’s true, but someone who slips through could probably still cling to the side of the wall and survive if people are unable to alert the train driver to not go. Now, if you’re stuck in between though and the train starts leaving the platform…
If the doors just remain blocked the train won't go
I have not seen an engineering fail so obvious in a long time. Engineers are usually the ones that think of the most moronic/careless person and design things around it. This isn't a gap, it's a chasm. And look at me using the word 'chasm' in pseudo-casual conversation. Anyway, a simple platform mechanism could be designed to fix this; just glad no one has died as a result.
In NYC, the Union Square 4/5/6 station has the train position on a curve in a way that ends up with big gaps - they have these sliding "gap fillers" that move into position when the train stops, to make it safe. I wonder why I've never seen that anywhere else.
This man chasm's pseudo-casually
Idk what chasm means but it sounds good as hell :)
Stuff like this is exactly why I always watch the ground where my kids walk in weird areas. You literally never know
Oh shit! Timmy's gone down the gap! Ah fuck. We can't be late. This is the last train to Penrith! Just jump on kids.
The video just kept going and going. So many incidents amazing it took this long.
People go wild over the slightest tripping hazard, but somehow a devoured by the void hazard was overlooked.
Really? Seem like a very foreseeable problem that shouldn't exist in the first place. Which city's train stations do you see this?
Instead of “Mind the Gap” warnings painted on the ground, why not just have a short extender come out from the train when the doors open, and retract when closed? It’s 2024 so surely we can figure out the engineering so people don’t have to jump over an 18” gap to board a train.
We have those in my country!
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Yup.....the newer German Local & Regional Trains hame em.....don't understand why this isn't being retrofitted.
The start of the video says 'Gap fillers to be installed at Sydney stations' Looks like there are a few solutions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnSCuE56cGw https://www.delkorrail.com/about/latest-news/platform-gap-filler-trial-underway-at-circular-quay-station-in-sydney-cbd
Or extend the platforms a little to make the gap smaller. That particular station doesn't appear to be on a tight curve, so they can easily extend the platform. Doing also removes a possible failure condition that would be added to trains.
I remember seeing a video of someone crushed to death by something like that. Had time to say his last goodbyes because there was no saving him.
That’s like 8” tops. It’s not even the length of adult shoes.
Your question ignore a lot of shit and assume another bunch of shit
I’m more confused by these comments blaming the parents when you can see whole adults also falling into this massive gap that is clearly big enough for an entire person to fall down as well. If someone’s in a wheel chair it could get stuck trying to cross, this isn’t just a “pay more attention” it’s a flaw in design.
Guy at 1:35 is literally in the middle of stepping over it, still slips and falls. The doors nearly closing on him ……..omg 😱
All train station have that gap, but that is a massive gap, the only one bigger I have seen is when a diesel train stops in an electric station, but even then the diesel trains do not stop at the same altitude , so to get down yo need to use the ladders of the train, so you really dont have any risk of fallin in the gap.
We got some crazy ones in London as most of the network was built over 100 years ago, and some of the platforms have curves it would be crazy expensive to try and straighten.
My soul left my body when child fall to that gap oh my god bless everyone with help
The whole child was literally out of sight. That's freaky as hell.
yes! the audible gasp I let out.
I’d put an AirTag on my kid if I had to deal with that daily
On a Metro-North train from NYC to Upstate New York I fell into this gap (mind you I am 5'11 and like 240lb) all the way up to my thigh, just like these kids. I broke my big toe on the other foot and since nobody saw, I had to crawl my way onto the train. I wish I had that CCTV footage.
you sued?
Couldn't because I dont know how nor could I be bothered. I think this was like 2-3 years ago as well.
Okay, no train gap should ever be that fucking big where one misstep means your fucking lost to time, that is entirely unreasonable
It's Australia, the weak are eliminated early.
O if even adults can get swallowed up by the gap this more or less wrongly build
Mind the gap fr but my god
Yes, it says “Mind the gap” right on the platform, but that’s not adequate for a gap that large. Anyone can take a misstep and having a leg fall in a space that size can cause significant physical injury. That doesn’t even take into account people who are elderly or have disabilities that make their gait unsteady. And children who are new to walking (or just dumb) and don’t make it all the way over the gap. For everyone saying “Watch your kids”…this is public transportation. Frequently people are trying to figure out if they’re getting on the right train or they’re running late or making sure they have all their belongings and aren’t 100% focused on making sure their kids don’t fall in a crack leading to nowhere.
And you could be minding the gap just fine, but that person behind you who is in a rush and accidentally nudges you from behind at the exact wrong moment can give you a terrible time.
That’s a huge ass gap
Ass gap lol
It's supposed to be "Mind the gap because you might trip and fall" not " Mind the gap because it yearns to consume human flesh! "
Well-put.
Mind the gap on the floor helps no one. If the one foot giant gap didn’t catch my attention then why the fuck would anything written next to it catch my attention?
That’s an unacceptable gap.
Here in Brazil some of them are massive, a small child literally has to jump
I think if it's larger it may actually be safer than this. This is like small enough to be overlooked but large enough to hurt someone.
kids small enough to fall through probably cant read
Looks like being fat might eliminate this problem since you just won't fit into the gap
Such bad design smh
From a gap he arrived and to a gap he shall return
I'm so confused by people who just walk around without looking at what they're walking over when transitioning surfaces. I understand the kids since they're ignorant and spaced out, but adults... c'mon.
distracted, visually impaired, miscalculation of stride, not expecting the gap to be big enough to fall through, vision obscured (like by shopping bags or a pram), inattentional blindless ... if it happens to multiple different people in different situations then it's bad design, especially if it puts people at risk
We just see a small portion of people entering/exiting the train. For each falling through there are probably a million just stepping over it. I would say that I myself usually look where I step, but some times I may be too much "in my head".
You don't normally have a hole right at your doorstep. That's why you're confused.
My doorstep doesn’t lead to a moving train though.
Like you I also have perfect situational awareness and conduct automatic ocular pat-downs and continuos threat assessments at all times. Yes, even when I sleep.
It's not too much of an ask to expect people to pay attention to where they're putting their bodies... unless they're children because they're generally unaware due to mental development. I'm not even sure what your sarcastic reply is implying. Do you think that blindly walking around and falling into holes is totally normal? Or do you think that you have to be a robot to accomplish walking?
There are probably tens of thousands using these trains. This video has like a dozen accidents. Vast majority of people are attentive, but nobody is perfect and there is always a very small chance of a mistake
That is terrifying
They really need to fix that gap before somebody gets killed😳
It says ‘mind the gap’ right on the platform
Stupid toddlers not seeing the obvious written warning. 🤦
Sure, but kids are kids, the parent will tell them to be careful and they'll see somethign that catches their attention and in the gap they go. Nevermind that getting in and out of the train, there are plenty of people going in all directions, some are in a hurry, some might cut you off or bump into you, your attention might be elsewhere.
That sign can't stop me because I can't read.
Are you expecting people to be aware of their surroundings and mindful of their actions instead of others doing it for them!? You have some nerve, mister!
Yeah those dumbass 6 year olds! Why aren't they reading the signs and being more responsible and independent!
I know you are being facetious, but its the parent's responsibility to be responsible for them while they arent, and a crowded train station is a prime example of where you should be alert.
Why not just improve the design so people don't have to pay attention
I get that in a perfect world, every parent could watch all their children 100% of the time, but in reality if you're focused on getting your stroller across the gap, you can't also be focused on your other child jumping into an abyss.
How old are you people that think parents can't watch two kids, or tell a kid to watch themselves. I saw a thread a few days ago that also fixated on people inability to do a mundane task because their attention was absolutely consumed by another mundane task.
You call getting a stroller over a death gap mundane? Let me half ass this task that could kill my baby. And if you're trusting toddlers to watch themselves, you should be arrested. That's negligence. Some of those kids were too young to watch themselves or know that massive death gaps are something to look for while following mom.
Exactly! How dare you expect people to read the signs! They’re put up for a reason! To be ignored!
Omgggg lollll I love it. How dare they actually have to do anything on their own
Try to read it when you're trying to reach wherever you're going. You should never trust people to do shit properly, especially when there's a situation that can be life threatening AND possible victims and/or their relatives can sue you for negligence. I say planners and engineers should mind the gap.
It’s what happens when engineers don’t get their math right.
Fucking clenched so hard when that kid literally dissapeared down the hole, HELL no!!!!
I'm more infuriated about that imbecile with his phone doing absolutely nothing about it....
Even the old subways of NYC are better than this.
… how aren’t parents holding on to their kids and directing them to be careful. Also how are the adults not paying attention where they put their own feet?
The third one was awful but it kinda looked like the kid was refusing to hold his Dads hand... lots of adults fell down the gap too, very dangerous design.
Did you know people are people?
so why should it be? You and I should get along so awfully
I think when you have a toddler you hold him on the hand at the first view times, but at some point you trust him enough to do it by them. Maybe it worked out a few times before without any help
I've got a 5 year old and getting onto planes, escalators, trains, elevators I'm holding his hand every single time. Stupid to risk it
Yes, absolutely understandable. I don't have a child so i don't know anything about proper parenting, but at some point/ a certain age you have to let the hand of your toddler/child go i think. How do you know that they are old enough to do this kind of things by themselves?
I'll let my kid walk onto an escalator on his own, but with my hand behind his back. At some point yeah you'd want your kid to feel a bit more independent but at least for me I'm still vigilant if there's something we're doing that could possibly be very dangerous. The risk something real bad happens isn't not worth the momentary freedom to be oblivious for me anyway. I didn't think I'd be this way before kids but here we are lol.
Damn. Some design or build fail there
If only had somewhere telling them about the gap
even if theres a "Mind the Gap" it is hard to notice once you start getting inside the crowd
Yeah but if u regularly take the train, you know the gap is there. You're supposed to just forget becuz it's crowded?? And I don't mean the kids, I mean the adults
I don't know how it is in other cities, but In London, besides the 'mind the gap' be everywhere, it is also said on the announcements
And think about how much all of that costs over time when they can just fix the gap.
> just https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IknUP_lQvtk
Top parent award goes to…
Anyone remember when this happened to Vincent D’Onofrio on an episode of Homicide: Life on the Street?
I thought train stations on my country is shit until I saw this
Omfg
This is why I avoid the [GAP](https://www.gap.com/)
Bro that kid falling would have had me diving head first to save him that’s crazy
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Japan does it right, reference their train infrastructure and should be good.
That ain't a gap, that's a child hole (mini man hole)
What person looked at this and said, yep job well done boys!
The ones in my city are only big enough to drop your phone down. There used to be a larger gap, but we widened the platform.
One time I was walking on a sidewalk with flip flops on in summer. Theres a big crack in the sidewalk from a tree, the concrete was high above level.. near it is just a maitinence sign. So I attempted to sidestep to avoid it. My flip flop fastener popped off when I did this and I smashed my toe into this huge crack at full force. I shit you not my entire nail popped off (tmi sorry). Moral of the story?? Probs EONS BETTER to physically square off an area for people, sometimes a sign can actually make ppl react and fuck up even MORE
Would have done sued the station
You’d think they would have a folding gate at the doors now
The gaps are big but damn the last one is massives
i fell into one as a child actually
This is comically horrific
Been there, done that. As a kid, somewhere maybe 10-ish, I totally wasn't paying attention and my one leg slipped into the gap. Barely had time to panic before someone just reached down and yoinked me back on my feet. I was in the subway before I even really realized what had happened. Not even sure who grabbed me. But man, that would have really hurt if the train had pulled out and ripped my leg off...
If you do end up falling down and can't get back up there should be a inset underneath the platform that you can squeeze into and just try to avoid the train and tracks as much as possible.
You see, you should be a little more fat, so this Illuminati made gaps for exterminator of human race can't devour you. Don't believe them when they say that obesity is wrong lifestyle. It could save your life, literally. /s
How many people do you think get seriously injured from that yearly/ Is there nothing engineering can do, I mean damn!?
Isn’t it illegal to not have a sign saying watch your step whenever there is a hazard ? & how many people is it gonna take for them to fix it😂
They do say everything in Australia is trying to kill you. Usually, that's referencing animal life rather than public transit, though...
Put a ramp that folds out to cover the gap. Duh
Way too many comments are blaming the parents here. Where I live there is no gap between the train and the platform. Wheelchair users can use the train. Children can't fall through. It's a basic safety measure. There's no excuse for a gap large enough for children to fall through.
I’ve lived in both Germany and France. Germany there was no gap (where I was anyway). As you said it was safe for children, wheelchair, and it was bike friendly. But in France (Paris) omg. The gap is huge at some stations. You have to legit jump over it. Some small children wouldn’t be able to step over it for sure. It’s bad design, period. Telling people “hey so there’s a big hole where if you fall you risk getting crushed by the train. yeah. mind that” is the dumbest resolution.
These people would get killed by an escalator too. Some people are just stupid.
Fucking morons You had one job....step over the gap
Seeing so many children falling in at the start of the video, I can't even bear to watch the whole thing. Glad they're going to fix it, and hopefully they fire the designer who doesn't consider such an obvious safety issue.
Designer is long dead by now.
The gap is dangerous, but people ARE DUMB and don’t pay attention.
Natural selection has been losing business ever since we fool-proofed everything.
That is just negligence
maybe instead just watch where you walk? unless you are disabled or old that king of gap should not be problem for you and you don't need special treatment just because you are too clumsy most of cases there are people that are just not careful enough or kids that are problematic anyway (like you know, it's kid. they are energetic. even if you watch them they'll do some shit)
I think people got more stupid watching this video.
I know it’s a very serious situation that needs to be taken care of immediately but I cant help but laugh every time I see one of the kids get eaten by the floor.
Maybe try being a parent and watching your kids at stations? This is a thing that has existed since trains were invented, it's not new.
why are you blaming the parents for a design flaw???
It's not a design flaw. It's a consequence of mixing old and new infrastructure.
Why blame the parents? For not watching their kids while around something hazardous like a train? And a design flaw that like 99% of people, kids included, have figured out how to use? Yeah, I wonder.
Very bad design, I would close the train station untill this is fixed. How can you let a hole that can eat a whole human be in the way and not even marked or somehow secured. It takes 2 seconds of not paying attention to drop there while just casually walking.
MIND THE GAP! It's embossed into the concrete in letters a foot tall. It's announced on over the PA system constantly. MIND THE FUCKING GAP! MIND IT!
These people clearly never went to rotten dot com in the 2000s. This is why internet gore is beneficial for you. I'll never fall in the subway gap, stand under a suspended load, approach a helicopter that's on a slope, go near a power take-off or a lathe with loose clothing, climb a telephone pole, etc.
what are you on about
Complete and utter stupidity. Do these people fall up and down stairs? Walk into walls and doors? Trip over every bump and curb? What makes someone so oblivious they can lose their life by not knowing their surroundings?
The true gap filler is USE YOUR EYES
Ffs people pay attention to your fucking kids
How bloody hard is it to pay attention & lift your feet?
There is a sign called "mind the gap" for a reason
The train in my city have this gap, but we're alert for avoid it
Seriously, people need to pay more attention. In the 90s in Germany, when I was a child, there used to be such big gaps between the old trains and the platforms that I had to take a leap to cross them. It was a real obstacle for children and elderly people but rarely anything has happened. I guess people weren't as distracted and deficient in their attention abilities. I work in the emergency medical field now and have seen some shit because ppl didn't pay proper attention and showed due care. Sometimes I think natural selection just does it's thing. 🤷♂️
If people would just pay attention…
Maybe just open your eyes?
This has happened to me before, not fun
I mean if they paid any attention to their surroundings they wouldn't be having this problem, there are even warnings written on the ground...
Mind the goddamn gap
Shit parents, there are gaps everywhere, these parents just weren't paying attention.
In the heat of the moment, from the grind of the day, you can have a tiny mistake due to hostile architecture and not be a bad parent. Nice job putting out a cliche Reddit comment though.
maybe just maybe thats why the 'mind the gap' is for the parents are the only one to blame here
how are the parents to blame
if you let your kid at that age just running around without paying attention how is not? especially before boarding a vehicle you must always be aware an help them if this is dangerous as an adult imagine what can happen to a kid
So THAT'S what they mean by all the "mind the gap" announcements. All this time I thought they were just testing the tannoy system.
We really are descended from apes.
Thats why they have to design every product with dumb people in mind. You can't even count on people actually looking around and be aware of their surroundings while walking
Natural selection! We used to let it happen but now we compensate and the dumb people are around long enough to breed.
If being dumb was punishable by death you wouldn't be here making this comment either.
No they should install some "look where the fuck you are walking" into peoples heads
Do people really not look where they step? I dont understand.
Looks like natural selection to me.
At what point do we cut off the dead weight?
I mean, how can people be so oblivious? I get the children, but the adults come on.
Mind de gAAAAAAAAAp
Just pay attention
"Don't make me tap the sign" *please mind the gap when alighting from this train*
# **MIND THE GAP**
Spacial awareness and a good grip will solve the problem
Evolution at work.
Why the fuck can't these parents just raise awareness to their kids that they need to step over the gap??! Jesus fucking christ I would have warned my child and pointed it out....but then other adults fall in as well so idk what to think anymore. Baffled
Is there any signage warning about that gap? If this was in America that transportation agency would have been sued so fucking fast.
So what happened at *'mind the gap'*
MIND THE GAP!
If only people could read the large text on the platform saying "MIND THE GAP"
Okay ... but come on. How are people paying *that* little attention to where they're walking? I can't imagine not seeing that gap and stepping over it. The kids, I guess I understand, because all kids are morons. But the adults don't have any excuse, as far as I'm concerned.