exactly... its more the businesses are afraid of being sued than anything else.... and as you say a fence/gate/barrier/sign (or even good old common sense) should be a good indication to stay well away.
But in this world of blame and compensation culture for a quick bit of easy cash, it will NEVER be little Johnnys fault that he fell off the roller coaster

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I work for Network Rail and the number of track incursions by trespassers is huge, a lot more than makes the news headlines.

but companies can only secure things (rail tracks, roller coasters, cranes, pylons etc) to a certain degree.

network rail are forced to spend a huge amount of money to keep fences maintained (that keep getting cut by the scrotes) as apparently its our fault that little Johnny was playing chicken with his chav mates with the 8.45 from Doncaster to London and got splattered.... so we spend money to secure that part of line.... which means the knock on costs go back to the ticket prices eventually.... but little Johnny Mk2 still gets splattered..... which means more security.... oh you get the picture !!

those idiots on the roller coaster should be billed for security, police time, and charged with B&E in the same way the little Johnny's parents should be billed for damage to fences, police time, ambulance time, clean up time, and the costs of the train driver going off sick with PTSD after seeing his windscreen turn red at 100mph.

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Three times I've been on a train where some selfish a******e has decided to top him/herself by jumping in front of it (all in the Milton Keynes area - must be something to do with living in MK, so understandable!) and each time there have been long delays, 2 to 3 hours stuck on a stationery train, which must have cost £millions as all trains on the west coast line were stopped as nothing went past in either direction. On the last occasion when the train finally arrived at Euston a mob of British Transport Police surrounded the front of the train so that passengers could not see the new red paint job.

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TBH I wouldn't call those people selfish, they clearly want to do a proper job as they have reached such a low point for whatever reason. The ones who repeatedly take mild overdoses or mark their wrists etc are the selfish ones, some are genuine cries for help definitely, but the ones who are just seeking attention are the selfish ones as they soak up resources that the genuine ones need. (and yes I do know a few people with PTSD from sandier climates)

as are these idiots who trespass and then hurt themselves, they soak up emergency services resources which detract from genuine incidents. If it was me and I got the call that someone trespassing had hurt themselves I would just class it as low priority... but then id get sued

I would, why has everyone else to suffer?

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It certainly got me going through a divorce 20 odd years ago. Reactive depression can attach itself to anyone or any family members and correct support is hard to come by. Your GP is just a pill pusher.

Oh and for good measure after collecting info on Doctors, the Dentists and then Opticians for the the DoH over 15 years I finished off in the national NHS Mental Health data team as a Information Officer, probably a good fit.

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