That would deter me. It also brings a whole new meaning to the phase "tripping balls"

Safety is the yard stick of civilization; or is that soap?

Sounds like a cool extreme sport.

And kids are sticking their fingers in electrical sockets...so the only solution is to add more exposed wires!!!

Diogenes: Sounds like a cool extreme sport.

Yeah I'm pretty sure the people who are riding on the roofs of trains will just take this as a challenge.

so, instead of possible death or serious injury, the government is going for GUARANTEED death or injury.

awesome.

moonscatter: so, instead of possible death or serious injury, the government is going for GUARANTEED death or injury.

awesome.

It has nothing to do with safety. They want people to buy a ticket. The folks on the roof don't buy one.

Hey, sometimes a dirty solution is needed. You can tell these people all you want "hey, riding on the top of a farking train is farking dangerous. A million things COULD happen to you. You could fall, the train could derail"

Now, something WILL happen, and they know it.

Teknowaffle: Now, something WILL happen, and they know it.

I feel certain that enterprising young men will find ways to circumvent this, even to the extent of riding beneath the trains.

This is some interesting version of safety that I was not previously aware of.

EnviroDude: Teknowaffle: Now, something WILL happen, and they know it.

I feel certain that enterprising young men will find ways to circumvent this, even to the extent of riding beneath the trains.


That or bring cricket bats and whack them out of the way. Sucks for the guys a car behind when the ball comes back down.

wee: moonscatter: so, instead of possible death or serious injury, the government is going for GUARANTEED death or injury.

awesome.

It has nothing to do with safety. They want people to buy a ticket. The folks on the roof don't buy one.

Somebody in Jakarta shares my approach to public policy. Next step: use spiked balls, install cameras. Instant top-rated television show to sell ads on. Bingo bango bongo. The public is policied.

In no way is this not as awesome as all get-out.

Well, that's one way to boost helmet sales.

So they are using giant concrete balls to stop people with giant brass balls?

no ironic tag?

vudukungfu: Why not just put poison tipped, electrified spikes on the roofs?

Or automated machine guns.

Nobody wants to be on a train and suddenly get a face full of balls.

Sybarite: Nobody wants to be on a train and suddenly get a face full of balls.

Speak for yourself, breeder.

it isn't just one or two guys on the roofs of these trains.

It would be better if they were spinning on the pole and flailing like a minesweeper.

So there will be balls swinging right before it enters the tunnel.

They're missing a great money making opportunity.

Rent spaces along the tracks and give out paintball guns.

violentsalvation: It would be better if they were spinning on the pole and flailing like a minesweeper.

Awesome visual.

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You never know, it sure stopped this guy.


/he lost his head

Ahhh took me forever to find a pic of him on the train (couldn't remember his character's name)!!! You beat me to it, well played.

I only hope the Indonesian government does the right thing and mounts huge speakers on the train that blare The Benny Hill Song. It would really improved the Youtube videos.

/Yakety Sax
/The Kazoo Song
/Boots Randolph

As great as this is, they really needed someone with more imagination. I could envision sets of staggered hanging columns and crossbars of various heights, forcing the roof-riders to alternately dodge, jump and duck as though they were in a cheap side-scrolling game. The difficulty level would steadily progress to rotating saw blades on moving arms, dispensers dropping bouncing grenades, randomly sequenced electric fields and so on. Anyone remaining at the end of the run gets a train pass.