No railway system in the world does that
It’s been looked at, in the UK especially after Ladbroke Grove (I was a junior barrister for one of the insurers in that), but never taken up. One problem is lots of busy trains are full of people standing. Rail safety has targeted preventing crashes and protecting the carriage structures rather than individual passengers
Posted By: Old Git on June 20th 2026 at 10:26:35
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- Trains must have seat belts (n/m) (General Chat) - KevinBond, Jun 20, 10:08:56
- Ridiculous over reaction (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Jun 20, 11:07:04
- No railway system in the world does that (General Chat) - Old Git, Jun 20, 10:26:35
- Yeah but planes have to have them (n/m) (General Chat) - KevinBond, Jun 20, 10:46:15
- There're primarily for turbulence. They don't help much if the plane crashes. On a train (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Jun 20, 10:59:04
- If only trains travelled in one direction. 🤔 (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jun 20, 13:06:29
- Good point... (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Jun 20, 20:46:22
- Liam would still fall out (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jun 20, 14:42:27
- As you probably know,military troop carrier aircraft have seats facing backwards (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 20, 12:25:15
- If only trains travelled in one direction. 🤔 (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jun 20, 13:06:29
- There're primarily for turbulence. They don't help much if the plane crashes. On a train (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Jun 20, 10:59:04
- And fatalities are now incredibly rare in the UK (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Jun 20, 10:33:15
- possibly the safest form of transport in the UK (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 20, 11:03:37
- Yeah but planes have to have them (n/m) (General Chat) - KevinBond, Jun 20, 10:46:15
- Trains need enough seats for all passengers first (n/m) (General Chat) - seminated_woolly, Jun 20, 10:26:26
- is that really pracitual (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 20, 11:12:04
- ^^^ Practical ^^^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 20, 11:13:26
- Not on the GY to Norwich trains on matchdays (General Chat) - jamesward, Jun 20, 14:33:55
- ^^^ Practical ^^^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 20, 11:13:26
- is that really pracitual (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 20, 11:12:04
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