Govia Thameslink fined £1m over Gatwick Express window death

[Sussex By The Sea]

Too soon?

 

[riffraff]

A Norwich fan did the same on our 1985 LC Final weekend iirc.

 

[TheRey]

A Norwich fan did the same on our 1985 LC Final weekend iirc.

To be fair, if my sister was my mother I'd want to lose me nut as well

 

[PTR]

That's the end of them windows then. They will be fixed shut in light of this guaranteed.

Shame cos it's class sticking yer heed oot a train window like.

Nah, they'll just whack a sticker on every window

 

[BiffaBeercan]

In May, Govia Thameslink Railway admitted a health and safety breach because a sign saying not to lean out was not displayed clearly enough.

Seems reasonable to me. They didn’t follow the H&S guidance. If they had, they wouldn’t have been fined.

You're right of course.

The numpty would still have stuck his noggin out the window though, dickheads don't read notices!

 

[Goat Eyes]

Who gets the money?

Split 50/50 between his head and his torso.

 

[BiffaBeercan]

He can't have been that much of an enthusiast if he didn't know sticking his head out the window was dangerous.

He didn't look like an enthusiast either, just looked like a bog standard knob-head.

 

[Goat Eyes]

Absolutely f***ing ridiculous to punish a train company for a person being an idiot.

Definitely worth a posthumous Darwin Award

Is there such a thing as an unposthumous one?

 

[BiffaBeercan]

I wonder if his body went staggering down the aisle of the train headless chicken style?... Maybe going a bit too far now Biffa, pack it in.

 

[adlenviro]

Mate did it coming into Seaburn station about 30 years ago. A branch of a tree took his new glasses clean off, when we arrived home his mam tried to take his head off to finish the job.

 

[TheRey]

Mate did it coming into Seaburn station about 30 years ago. A branch of a tree took his new glasses clean off, when we arrived home his mam tried to take his head off to finish the job.

 

[The Hesford Diet]

How about a mildly more advisory sign on the window? Something like:

"Don't lean your f***ing head out of the window, you daft f***ing twat, because it will bastard well kill you, you f***ing oxygen thief. Oh, and mind the gap please."

 

[Hugh Gains]

In May, Govia Thameslink Railway admitted a health and safety breach because a sign saying not to lean out was not displayed clearly enough.

Seems reasonable to me. They didn’t follow the H&S guidance. If they had, they wouldn’t have been fined.

I bet you’re the type of guy that irons his boxers

 

[West_Winger]

In May, Govia Thameslink Railway admitted a health and safety breach because a sign saying not to lean out was not displayed clearly enough.

Seems reasonable to me. They didn’t follow the H&S guidance. If they had, they wouldn’t have been fined.

If you have to have a sign telling you not to lean out of a window when a train is doing 60 mph then frankly you shouldn’t be allowed outside alone.

 

[Aituk7]

I bet you’re the type of guy that irons his boxers

 

[cornish mackem]

He’d obviously not seen the Young Ones

 

[Blyth_Pirate]

Don't know what the problem is. Vivien out of the young ones just jumped out of the train and stuck his head back on.

 

[Skandhaless]

Wouldn't have happened to Charlie Wyke

 

[max wartbug]

Because my car doesn't have a manufacturer's sticker saying "don't crash your car", I'm going to sue them if I have an accident

 

[cornish mackem]

Too soon?

Too late actually. I posted that before 8am today

Too soon?

My error
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