Netizens bemused by SMRT's explanation of Expo incident.

[maxxi]

This incident is no big deal. On the London Underground, around 100 people kill themselves on the tracks annually. It's simply part and parcel of life.

People who kill themselves on the SMRT system should be charged posthumously and their estates debited for the cost of the disruption they caused.

Those who survive should be placed before a judge and charged accordingly.

Correct, Mass rapid system double up as a suicide system.

 

[Capano2121]

There are CCTVs all over SMRT stations and track... No way this is not captured.

99% are dummies lah! Just like the PAP government & their appointed high flyers!

 

[jubilee1919]

It seems that our MRT depots are the easiest targets for anyone wishing to do Singapore in.

 

[palden]

It is not an old man but a ninja disguised as an old man.

Netizens bemused by SMRT's explanation of Expo incident.

According to SMRT, the old man who was found unconscious on the tracks on Saturday had wandered onto the tracks on his own and was not hit by the train.

Netizens were bemused by this explanation by SMRT as it seems to absolve the operator of all blame.

Missing from the statement was an explanation of how the old man managed to evade attention of the station control, climb over the platform door and walk 900 meters on the track in the direction of Tanah Merah station.

One netizen, Guo Xiongwei, wrote:

"This 70-yr old man must be super agile (to climb over the screen doors), equipped with an invisibility cloak (to WALK 900m along the raised track & evade CCTVs) & then get discovered.
Remember that video constantly playing in MRT stations to be careful & observe/report strange happenings to avoid a bomb attk?
What is wrong with SMRT mgmt?"



Another, Rozee Furozee, surmised:

"I guess besides the cemetery, the train tracks is another place that is NOT crowded."

So how will LTA respond to this?

Contrary to what some have condemned as speculation built on a lack of empathy, this is a valid question as it relates security of our train tracks and trains.

If an old man can climb over the 1.5m high door and walk 400m undetected, what do you think a terrorist hell bent on wrecking damage can and will do?

That said, we hope SMRT will be fair and look at possibility of Management lapses instead pinning the blame on the rank and file staff.

- http://therealsingapore.com/content/netizens-bemused-smrts-explanation-expo-train-incident

 

[bakkuttay]

hate to think with such easy access onto mrt track, an accident in the tunnel will be unthinkable.

GOD SAVE SINGAPORE AAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[wendychan]

hate to think with such easy access onto mrt track, an accident in the tunnel will be unthinkable.

GOD SAVE SINGAPORE AAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just like easy access to power points at MRT stations, even tho supposedly using this easily accessible power points could do bad things to the sytem

if the man were sill alive, probaly KENNA FINE

 

[bakkuttay]

just like easy access to power points at MRT stations, even tho supposedly using this easily accessible power points could do bad things to the sytem

if the man were sill alive, probaly KENNA FINE

there is already no problem to an old 70yo,

to someone young and agile with sinister motive, HOw??????

 

[freedalas]

Why the fuss over some old fart who is past his "use by" date?

You should have asked this question when the entire PAP machinery pulled all stops to celebrate the Old Fart's 90th birthday last year.

 

[bakkuttay]

You should have asked this question when the entire PAP machinery pulled all stops to celebrate the Old Fart's 90th birthday last year.

excellent answer to a singapore ecapee lapsup.
hahahhahahahahaaaaaa.....................

 

[laksaboy]

It seems that our MRT depots are the easiest targets for anyone wishing to do Singapore in.

No need for that. The public transport companies and the LTA are doing themselves in without any need for external intervention.

So sit back, relax and enjoy the show.