LETTERS: Railway fences, gates no solution

Letter-writer S. Cunningham suggests this photograph demonstrates that gates and fences do little to protect people.

image credit: Contributed photo

Editor:

The submitted photo (above) demonstrates the futility of erecting gates and fences to protect the public on White Rock beach.

On a daily basis you can see people standing on the tracks in front of an oncoming train or dashing across the tracks just before the train reaches the point of crossing.

S. Cunningham, Surrey

In the past 45-plus years of going to the beach as a child and adult, Ive realized the more fences, gates and railings they put up, the more people are going to hustle and bustle to achieve access to the beach by the quickest means possible.

When we were kids, there were no barriers, yet a constant warning alarm, a ringing bell on the trains and drop-down barriers at crossings.

When there was not this convoluted rat maze of impediment of barrings, the majority 98 per cent of people getting hit by the trains were the drunk, drugged, the unaware. Less is more.

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LETTERS: Railway fences, gates no solution