Reply to "Bakersfield to Barstow - Riding BNSF Over Tehachapi Pass"

Greg HouserOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBERMEMORIAL SUPPORTER

I'm always amazed at the outcry on how dangerous activities undertaken by rail trespassers are especially in relation to other activities. Even if you leave in the suicides (which account for 28% of the deaths) in the US the fatality rate per 100k of population is ~.864. Here are some other death rates of activities per 100k of population:

Skydiving - .99
Running - 1.03
Cycling - 1.08
SWIMMING! - 1.77
Riding/Driving a vehicle - 11.22
Base jumping - 43.17

Pretty sure all of you regularly partake in the activity listed 5th which is more than 10 times more dangerous. Pot meet kettle and you're both the color black.

While what the poster did is certainly illegal and I'm all for him paying the penalty, it is hardly one of the most dangerous things you can do.

-Greg

10/29/2010:19 AM

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