Stupid poll. There’s no “try” to get off. You GET off before another train plows into the back of your train. You get off before people start having heat stroke in Texas’ upwards of 109 degree heat wave. You get off because it’s obvious no one at DART had two brain cells to rub together to fix the problem or come tell the passengers what to do.
If they aren’t going to communicate with the riders, then whatever happens is 100% DARTs fault.
Buying a ticket on the DART train makes one a potential prisoner of government ineptitude? Really?
When asked for comment, Economic Czar Wesley Mouch replied, “Passengers should know better than to endanger their lives and the lives of others by making decisions for themselves and attempting to make unauthorized self-rescues. It’s best just to wait for government to send aid.”
The passengers were coming from an event celebrating a victory.
Crying “Havoc!” should be a poll option.
What would you have done?
Thank you for voting!
Try to get off and start walking 82.47% (1,473 votes)
Sit and wait for official word 14.56% (260 votes)
Other: 2.97% (53 votes)
Total Votes: 1,786
Yet another reason to avoid mass transit.
That and terrorist attacks. And crime.
1) Nanny state Democrat lawmakers create a law making it illegal to get off a disabled train in a tunnel? Stupid.
2) Government nannies, please explain how it is more dangerous to leave a disabled train rather than wait for government busy-bodies to come "help" when no one knows when that will be.
People can and should make decisions for themselves, not wait for some idiotic government know-nothing to eventually come along and tell them what to do.
I notice that DART didn’t eplain what the problem was or how long it took to get the train running.
If you are baking cookies, 109 degrees is too cold. If you are standing in a crowded light rail car, a-hole to belly button, in the dark, it's the threshold of hell.
Every time they pull one of these stunts, I'm just one more inch closer to approving the use of Zyclon B on anyone who ever voted Democrat, or even ran for office. There should be massive penalties for this kind of stupidity and greed.
Hey DART!
You’re supposed to be a transportation service.
If you can’t do your job, I am under NO OBLIGATION to subject myself to further incompetence.
DA doesn’t stand for Dallas Area.
I keep wondering when people are going to get a gut full of pinheads like this DART administrator lecturing to grown people like they are children. I also wonder when people are going to get a gut full and drag some pinhead government bureaucrat out in the street and beat the living crap out of them.