Patron in the Trackway

Please. Someone explain what compels an individual to jump down into an active trackway that moves high speed trains with A LOT of voltage? I guess people are just stupid. So you drop a personal item into the trackway. The LAST thing you do is go in after it, unless of course you are feeling lucky or have a death wish.

While I don’t understand the philosophy of committing suicide, individuals climb down into the trackway or jump in front of a moving train. Stupid. But for individuals who are supposedly “sound of mind” why would go in after ANY item? I only bring this up because it seems to be an all too often occurrence within the BART system.

The correct thing to do, unless it is a person in the trackway is to go back up to the station agent’s booth and tell the agent. If it is a person in the trackway then break the glass on the platform that de-energizes the trackway at the platform. Of course trains can still coast for quite a distance, so even this is no guarantee that a train what coast into the station.

Be responsible and be smart. DO NOT. I repeat DO NOT go into the trackway for any reason. There is a good chance your item will still be there, even if a train rolls over the item. This includes articles of clothing, cellphones, balls and other strange items that somehow find their way mysteriously into the trackway. Last thing you want to do is retrieve it yourself. Chances are you won’t hear the train until it is too late.