Train driver in urination tragedy – Metro.co.uk: Authorities now believe that a German train driver died after he opened a door to have a pee while the train was moving.
The driver was found dead with his trousers open by the side of tracks several hundred metres away from the train, and police now say that it appears he fell out of the locomotive after he opened a door to relieve himself from the train.
The train was travelling at 70 mph at the time.
A spokesman for the train driver’s union, Maik Brandenburger, said: ‘It is not at all unusual that staff relieve themselves out of an open door while driving. With only one driver they cannot take a leak otherwise.’
Just remember, the next time you are riding a train, that liquid that hits the window might not be ‘rain’. :(
He spent a penny but it cost him a whole lot more ;O)
Maybe it was an electrified track?
Trains have dead man pedals or switches that brake the train automatically. Most locomotives in the US also have a switch that has to be pressed regularly if the throttle hasn’t been adjusted in a few minutes. Would it be so difficult to take a bottle to whiz in?
This has to be a Darwin award candidate.
Wish I could remember the name of the movie with Burt Reynolds who, while attending some crazy EST seminar had the foresight to create a gizmo consisting of a condom, some tubing down the pants leg and flask concealed in his boot. Everyone else in the EST audience wore wet pants while Burt was nice and dry.
When I used to fly (charter) execs from Red Bird to Hobby, those who wanted to have drinks on the plane were provided a “bottle” just in case. Only once in many flights did some Toyota “suit” get nervous and demand a quick intermediate stop. He paid extra for it, but sure honked his partners.
Who the heck runs these trains? Good Grief !!
When you gotta go.. you gotta go!
Just have them wear astronaut “diapers”.
9. That must be a European thing. I worked for Norfold and Western (now NS) in my youth and I dont remember anything like that.
#5 the movie was Semi Tough. Those things are called a Texas catheter, among other things. They sorta work if you’re well equipped and don’t fidget too much. Hospitals once used them, but now either use Foley catheters or depends/diapers if needed.
@MikeN #2: It’s not unheard of for people to meet their maker that way, especially in parts of south London at night after they’ve had a few beers, showing off to their buddies waiting for the train home.
Urinating on to the track there is a dangerous business. It’s electrified at 750V DC, and delivers enough energy to power an 800-ton Eurostar train at 90mph. That’s about 9,000 amps taking a shortcut up a stream of warm electrolytes. Ouch.
#9 and 10—
They don’t dump on the tracks anymore, at least in the USA, and most probably Europe. That stopped some years ago. Here in the USA, it was prompted by trespassing fisherman (in Florida IIRC) who had climbed into railroad bridgework to cast their lines.
An Amtrak train went buy and they got it good, sued, and the EPA took it from there. The last time I remember being on a train with a track-dump toilet was about 15 years ago, and that was one (older) car on a long, long train.
DAve
Some airlines still flush it right out the back at altitude, hoping it will evaporate before impacting the ground:
“The sky is falling? Uh, not exactly
Old blue ice drops in at Armstrong County home ”
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“Some airlines still flush it right out the back at altitude, hoping it will evaporate before impacting the ground:”
And that is just disgusting. I mean, not EVERYTHING evaporates, right.
Some airlines still flush it right out the back at altitude, hoping it will evaporate before impacting the ground:
Ah yes… “Boeing Bombs“