• Swedneck
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    11 hours ago

    you know trains have emergency stops that any passenger can pull, right? and yet i have never ever ever ever heard of that happening, despite trains regularly being literally full of passengers.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      One big difference is that someone pulling a train estop for no good reason has to deal with other train passengers who would be unhappy that their trip is suddenly delayed for no good reason.

      It’s a different dynamic if you’re alone or with friends/family in a car, even if pushing that estop is on a highway where it’s even more dangerous.

    • RidderSport@feddit.org
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      6 hours ago

      It does happen, just very rarely. Partly because, at least in Germany, that is a criminal offense. Which would be the same in a car by the way.