Kids! Dont try this its INSANE!

[hardcandy1911]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e1c_1199748135

This is one of the things I wouldnt dare do even for a million dollars!

[Tijuana]

well ya, considering 1 small peice of metal reaches abit down, and ya, that would be pretty painful

[calcuu]

That was very stupid of him for even attempting that just for some e-fame online if he put that online. I do hope kids out there don't go out and try that thinking since that guy is alive, it's okay to do it.

[Mr D J]

What a crazy guy. At least now he can brag about it :P

[mhayer10]

what an idiot!!!

[kuqdew]

what an idiot!!!

qft

[skyblue12]

What a crazy guy. At least now he can brag about it :P

i don't really see what there is to brag about..

[B0000rt]

Concrete ties, means highspeed train of atleast 80mph. Insane!

[board123]

For sure one of the most idiotic things I've ever seen.

[P__S__2]

That is crazy...I would never attempt something like that.

[Cruel_Angel]

crazy!

but check out this video.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=496_1181160894

the title says stunt goes horribly wrong. The only thing that went wrong, is that these 2 idiots survived.

[Odysseus_Maximus]

Crazy kid !! All you need is a train with a cow plow or peice of metal hanging too low and your done.

[Hubster]

Pure insanity!

One of the few negatives on the internet is giving yahoos like this a wider audience.

Please keep the impressionable ones away from the screen :eek:

[kuqdew]

This could be a fake!

Maybe he's a nerdy kid with 1337 video editing skills

[kuqdew]

Maybe the kid was suicidal and wanted some internet fame since he was gonna die anyways.

[dragon_drift]

lol. there's actually another clip with a different kid i've seen before, but i dont remember where i saw it.

[jeeva86]

hahah..wow...i would expect the train to slow down or something..seemed like there was no change..

[AzN_RiverdaleCI]

bragging rights right there.

[ullyeus]

pretty crazy, think of the heart attack the conductor must have had...he thought he killed someone....personally not cool.

[Mr D J]

i don't really see what there is to brag about..

Oh c'mon... doing something like that grants you bragging rights for life!

[Fanboy]

hahah..wow...i would expect the train to slow down or something..seemed like there was no change..

If you listen to the video you can hear the train honking as it approaches and then braking as it is passing over the moron. It sounds like it has stopped as he is reaching for his camera to get the hell out of there.

[Mr D J]

hahah..wow...i would expect the train to slow down or something..seemed like there was no change..

A loaded train needs like 500+ metres to stop. Of course you wouldn't see it slowing down.

[SLOGAN]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fa7_1199119738

I personally wouldn't put my life on a plunger...

[whampoa]

This planet need one less idiot like him. Thinning the herd, I say.

[Evil Baby]

If you listen to the video you can hear the train honking as it approaches and then braking as it is passing over the moron. It sounds like it has stopped as he is reaching for his camera to get the hell out of there.

The train has clearly not stopped. It will not have stopped for a very long time after the idiot should have been killed. Now that would have been a great internet video.

[gei]

Relax guys. The kid may have survived, but Darwin will make sure he doesn't last too much longer.

[ibanker]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=579cf40e72


train rider vid.

the dude died a year later from Leukemia. so he knew he was gonna die thats why he did that.



theres nothing darwin about that. some people go through their whole lives never feeling the rush that that kid felt.

[rilhouse]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fa7_1199119738

I personally wouldn't put my life on a plunger...

same video as below but doesn't have the story. i don't know if it's true or not.

"Trainsurfing Germany's Fastest Bullet Train
Preformed by a German known as "the trainrider". Before he died from leukemia, he enjoyed the last year of his life by surfing on trains. Included Germany's fastest Highspeed train ICE with a top speed of 330 km/h (205 mph) His motto: You can only be free if you have nothing to lose."

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=579cf40e72

edit: turns out the story is made up

http://insomnia.livejournal.com/721066.html

[deep]

Why is it so entertaining watching the herd get thinned?

[grandpmpaul]

same video as below but doesn't have the story. i don't know if it's true or not.

"Trainsurfing Germany's Fastest Bullet Train
Preformed by a German known as "the trainrider". Before he died from leukemia, he enjoyed the last year of his life by surfing on trains. Included Germany's fastest Highspeed train ICE with a top speed of 330 km/h (205 mph) His motto: You can only be free if you have nothing to lose."

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=579cf40e72

edit: turns out the story is made up

http://insomnia.livejournal.com/721066.html

did you read the whole thing? the only part that was made up was him being dead apparently.

[wisdom_kid]

OFF TOPIC:
I just got a question, why don't trains slow down when they see cars stuck on the tracks or even when this kid was lying on the track? Is it because they don't have time to brake or they just don't see anything on the track?

[board123]

OFF TOPIC:
I just got a question, why don't trains slow down when they see cars stuck on the tracks or even when this kid was lying on the track? Is it because they don't have time to brake or they just don't see anything on the track?
They don't have time to brake.

[wisdom_kid]

So if they are going fast, they are just going to plow anything in their way because braking takes to much time? Don't they have a e-brake or something :lol:

[ji2o0k]

So if they are going fast, they are just going to plow anything in their way because braking takes to much time? Don't they have a e-brake or something :lol:
hhaha wtf........are you kidding me?

Considering how fast the trains are going.......it definitely takes time and distance for them to stop. Think of momentum etc....

They can't just stop on a dime, even if they have the equivalent of an e-brake (which they probably do, like an emergency braking).

[ibanker]

cant brake.

the options are let it go through and have a smashed up car and ~5 people killed

or

brake so hard that the cars all fly off the track and crumple like an acordian and a lot of people get injured or killed and there is a huge mess. if it brake hard itll derail

[hardcandy1911]

Trains should have ultraviolet infrared cameras to detect any unsual behaviour on the tracks. It fascinates me how so advanced we are with trains but yet we cannot detect to stop at certain point to sto catastrophy.

[wisdom_kid]

hhaha wtf........are you kidding me?

Considering how fast the trains are going.......it definitely takes time and distance for them to stop. Think of momentum etc....

They can't just stop on a dime, even if they have the equivalent of an e-brake (which they probably do, like an emergency braking).

I am not saying that trains should stop in a matter of seconds. I am basing this on all the movies I have watched, where trains don't stop and keep going.

[board123]

So if they are going fast, they are just going to plow anything in their way because braking takes to much time? Don't they have a e-brake or something :lol:
Yes. The work required to stop a big fast train is astronomical.

[just_For_ipod]

I am not saying that trains should stop in a matter of seconds. I am basing this on all the movies I have watched, where trains don't stop and keep going.

Well, the thing is, there really is no point of slowing down unless you are very far away and had the distance to stop. Other wise, what good will stopping do? And a lot of movies I've seen are when the train rounds the corner, rings its bells and its already too late to even think of stopping.

[Mr D J]

I am not saying that trains should stop in a matter of seconds. I am basing this on all the movies I have watched, where trains don't stop and keep going.

Think of the weight of a train. This should say a lot (I hope).

[Bazooka Joe]

Looks like there's people imitating this already

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080111/oddities/australia_rail_offbeat

Someone's going to end up dead.

[ji2o0k]

So if they are going fast, they are just going to plow anything in their way because braking takes to much time? Don't they have a e-brake or something :lol:
I am not saying that trains should stop in a matter of seconds. I am basing this on all the movies I have watched, where trains don't stop and keep going.
well since you put it that way.........of course the train is going to plow through anything and keep going...............because Superman will stop the train for them.....based on the movies I watch......

[Ebola]

Think logically.

Look at how much longer it takes a semi to stop compared to a car.

Now extrapolate that one truck to several hundred trucks all linked together.

It takes a long time to stop. KM's sometimes.

[deep]

Now extrapolate that one truck to several hundred trucks all linked together.
Also keep in mind that metal on metal has a significantly lower coefficient of friction than rubber on asphalt, and the contact patch vs. weight of vehicle is significantly lower in the case of the train.

All in all, stopping a train is a nightmare compared to stopping a car.

[MrBobby]

Just like everyone else here said it is almost impossible for a train to stop in any short distance due to it's huge mass, it is traveling with a LOT of force and short of running into a thick wall it can't stop, the breaks help but it still slides for kilometers before actually stopping when the breaks are used. What this guy did is very dangerous and stupid. Think of what the engineer was thinking, he just thought he killed someone, imagine what would go through your head if you thought you just accidentally killed someone. I wouldn't be surprised if the engineer had to possibly go to counseling, and if more and more kids are doing this it'll be just that much worse for them (the engineers).

[kuqdew]

Looks like there's people imitating this already

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080111/oddities/australia_rail_offbeat

Someone's going to end up dead.

die idiots die

[eloytron]

Some info i found.

Trains can't stop quickly or swerve. The average freight train is about 1 to 1¼ miles in length (90 to 120 rail cars). When it's moving at 55 miles an hour, it can take a mile or more to stop after the locomotive engineer fully applies the emergency brake. An 8-car passenger train moving at 80 miles an hour needs about a mile to stop. How does this compare to other vehicles?

According to the National Safety Council:

A lightweight passenger car traveling at 55 miles an hour can stop in about 200 feet in an emergency - under perfect conditions - that is, if tires and brakes are in good condition and the road is dry.
A commercial van or bus will need about 230 feet to stop.
A commercial truck/trailer can stop in about 300 feet - that's the length of a football field.
A light rail train requires about 600 feet to stop - the length of two football fields.
Compared to this, the average freight train we mentioned above traveling at 55 miles an hour may take the length of about 18 football fields to stop.

[ali123]

I would do this for $10,000