Golden Gate Bridge officials vote for suicide net

Associate Press via San Jose Mercury News ^ | 10 October 2008

[CounterCounterCulture]

Golden Gate Bridge officials vote for suicide net

SAN FRANCISCO — Golden Gate Bridge officials have voted to hang a stainless steel net below the iconic span to stop suicides.

The Golden Gate Transportation District's board of directors voted 14-1...

[DieHard the Hunter]

> ‘Slice-a-roni, the San Francisco treat.’

Not bad!

‘I left my parts... in San Francisco.’

[americanophile]

At least its Dolphin safe.

[ElkGroveDan]

Or maybe jump off the Bay Bridge, but that's not as glamorous.

Or maybe even the San Mateo Bridge, but that would only work if you didn't know how to swim.

[RDasher]

So now someone who want to commit suicide off the bridge has to make two jumps, one off the bridge,and a second off the net. Unless they were already converted to french fries.

[willyd]

What happens if someone tries to commit suicide by jumping off the suicide net? I guess they will have to put up a suicide net safety net.

[Covenantor]

Golden Gate Bridge officials vote for suicide net

Talk about disappointment.

I thought they were going to set up something like a telephone tree to trigger a "lemming event".

Maybe next time.

[Sparky760]

I heard they are thinking of installing one of those nets on Wall St next week.

[jddqr]

Turtles, all the way down!

[happinesswithoutpeace]

Like the eyesore wind farm at Altamont pass!

[Silly]

I once tried to kill myself with a paper bag. For some reason, I was not successful.

[Seaplaner]

they need to make S.F. a Suicide Free zone

Awareness Ribbons!

Didn't you forget Awareness Ribbons?

[upchuck]

It’s stupidity like this that makes San Francisco, San Fransicso.

[winner3000]

Bridges don’t kill people. People jumping off bridges kill people. Well, at least liberals in this instance are consistent. I’m surprised they didn’t vote to close the bridge (to be really consistent with their position on guns).

[KarlInOhio]

At least its Dolphin safe.

The 49ers are playing at Miami this year, so they really didn't need to worry about that for a while.

[olivia3boys]

This is the funniest thread ever. LOL!

(However, I recently saw a GG Bridge documentary about suicides, included real footage of suicides, very sad.)

Cheering me up after the “John McCain said Obama would make a fine president” threads.

[mountainbunny]

(However, I recently saw a GG Bridge documentary about suicides, included real footage of suicides, very sad.)

Was the film you saw called The Bridge(^)? I recently saw that. Sad and sobering.

Cheering me up after the “John McCain said Obama would make a fine president” threads.

The first thought I had after seeing the story about the mesh net was: Just in time for the elections.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I’m surprised they didn’t vote to close the bridge

Actually, I'm surprised they didn't vote to tear the bridge down. That's the lib solution for any river dam that harms a single fish.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

for a sanctuary city socialist utopia there sure is a lot of people throwing themselves off bridges.

[Schatze]

I’m surprised they didn’t vote to close the bridge

Nah, they get too much revenue from it. San Francisco doesn't need a steel net -- it needs a big butterfly net.

[SiVisPacemParaBellum]

Nets? They can't risk losing any democrats?

If they have any material left over, better send it to Wall Street.