Once the dust had settled on this guy pushing the German kid and his mom into the path of the arriving train in Frankfurt (with the mom crawling out but the kid failing to get out, and dying there)....folks have come around to ask how they can resolve this 'crisis'.
Some are trying to suggest what the Japanese have done.....having doorways installed with a fencing system....to prevent you access to the incoming train until it's stopped, and then a wall 'doorway' would open and allow you access to the train.
Well....it's an odd thing about the German rail network, and why this simple Japanese solution can't be used.
You see....there are probably over twenty different type trains and cars used on the entire German Bahn network, with heights and doorway patterns in various ways.
Back in the 1990s, you could this multitude of differing cars and trains becoming more and more common. Add in the Austrian, Swiss, Dutch, Polish and French trains which arrive as well.
I agree...back in the 1980s....some idiot with the Bahn system should have mandated a standard, but no one wanted to stand up and make that kind of decision.
Adding more security? Just in Frankfurt alone, you'd have to hire up another 150 guys to roam the station on a standard shift. Who would pay for this extra security? It's doubtful that even having more security would have mattered with this Monday episode.
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