The Dark side of Japan Tourism.

[jukebox333]

Had a cousin who did same with a non-stopping train at a little station in Europe.

You would be horrified if you knew how common this was even here in Oz.

It is deliberately not reported here in Perth, so as to discourage copycats getting ideas.

 

[tgh]

You would be horrified

Consider me horrified …...( subject to the presentation of evidence proving a widespread problem)

 

[VPS]

A friend of a friend is a train driver in Melbourne. It's not an uncommon occurrence there. Any affected driver is immediately taken off duty and must attend counselling

 

[ShelleyB]

A friend of a friend is a train driver in Melbourne. It's not an uncommon occurrence there. Any affected driver is immediately taken off duty and must attend counselling

I can attest it is relatively common in Melbourne. I have personally been on a train that hit a person, as was Mr. ShelleyB in a separate incident.

 

[Cynicor]

Absolutely trains hitting people is common. It tends to get reported as delays and police indecent without specifics.
I’d meant the statement about retribution for accidents in rural areas was a thing, in Aus.

 

[rbjhan]

From what I understand, here in Melb when they say there's a "trespasser" on the tracks as a reason for delays etc, more often than not said trespasser is not alive...

 

[markis10]

On my ATC course back in the day we were shown a short film about train drivers and the PTSD they suffer after hitting someone. We were then shown a film on explosive decompression and the effects on passengers at the window that fails, it came close to giving me PTSD!

 

[jukebox333]

From what I understand, here in Melb when they say there's a "trespasser" on the tracks as a reason for delays etc, more often than not said trespasser is not alive...

Yes. The code in Perth is "incident", as opposed to "technical issues" when there actually are problems with trains/track

 

[Flyfrequently]

Thought of you @drron and @mrs.dr.ron when reading this ABC news article about a Perth woman

 

[JohnM]

The full ABC story: Daughters cling to hope Japan will acquit Perth mum who they say was victim of romance scam

Very strange.

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

 

[JohnM]

Given all that we have learned in this thread, I think it doubtful that lady will see Australia again...

 

[drron]

Whether she knew or not about the drugs her treatment is cruel. Not allowed to speak to her family for nearly 2 years and although she id due in court today she still can't talk to them even though they will be present.

 

[Ouabain]

Seriously ??!

Yup. Friend/colleague of mine got bashed when he stopped to help someone who threw themselves in front of his car.

 

[Chicken]

Whether she knew or not about the drugs her treatment is cruel. Not allowed to speak to her family for nearly 2 years and although she id due in court today she still can't talk to them even though they will be present.

Yeah, not allowing family visits after 2 years is probably worse than China.

Japan doesn't look as cute and fluffy as Hello Kitty anymore.

 

[Quickstatus]

They are 2 very different things.

It remains that wrongful convictions occurs worldwide regardless of the methods used to mitigate against wrongful convictions. Post conviction acquittal is extremely difficult. Many sit in jail for decades before their acquittal.
This is not to be taken as exculpatory for Japan.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Another case here: https://www.news.com.au/world/asia/...o/news-story/ed9d8c1d7c372424d8c5f455ca8eeb97

This one however doesn’t seem to pass the pub test?

The defendant claims they could smell gas and were alerting the resident of the flat by shouting ‘go to a door’. This was interpreted as ‘goto da’ or ‘this is a robbery’.

Who says ‘go to a door’ in an emergency?