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Wednesday October 1st

GPS sends drivers towards oncoming trains! 20381

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/30/gps-sends-another-driver-onto-train-tracks-of...

by El Cap Wed Oct 1st, 2008 3:57am (from bordom.net) [score: 156 | approval: 100%]

GPS sends drivers towards oncoming trains!

We've seen some pretty extreme cases of excessive faith in GPS, but this may well be the first instance of the ill-advised practice nearly exactly repeating itself. As you may recall, earlier this year a Bedford Hills, New York man trusted his GPS so much that he apparently thought it was perfectly reasonable to follow the directions directly onto a set of train tracks More →

accident, car, driver, fail, gps, train

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Monday September 22nd

LA Train Victim Makes 35 Phone Calls From Beyond the Grave 20199

http://gizmodo.com/5052314/la-train-victim-makes-35-phone-calls-from-beyond-the-...

by El Cap Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 5:15am (from bordom.net) [score: 220 | approval: 80%]

LA Train Victim Makes 35 Phone Calls From Beyond the Grave

ghost, grave, train, victim

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Tuesday June 17th

Train Drives Through A Bangkok Market 18697

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aZFetrUEo0

by hghlndr Mon Jun 16th, 2008 11:39am (from bordom.net) [score: 195 | approval: 89%]

bangkok, market, train

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Wednesday December 19th 2007

Bad Day 17000

by mimo Wed Dec 19th, 2007 10:13am (from #bor) [score: 377 | approval: 86%]

bad day, photoshop, train

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Sunday September 24th 2006

train vs grain truck 10222

http://break.com/index/train_vs_grain_truck.html

by topher Fri Sep 22nd, 2006 8:44pm (from #bor) [score: 407 | approval: 80%]

Man, who cut the trailer

accident, train, truck

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Thursday June 29th 2006

Rail Worker Calls 911 After Train Severs Legs 8912

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/rail-worker-calls-911-after-train-severs...

by dh- Thu Jun 29th, 2006 7:14pm (from #bor) [score: 50 | approval: 33%]

legs, rail worker, sever, train

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Friday May 12th 2006

A great incentive to succeed the next time... 8110

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060509/od_nm/germany_damages_dc;_ylt=Ap6lM5Q4i9GLpp...

by oblio Fri May 12th, 2006 12:39am (from #bor) [score: 348 | approval: 75%]

A great incentive to succeed the next time...

A German man who unsuccessfully tried to kill himself by jumping in front of a train must pay compensation for the damage he caused, a court in the southern city of Munich ruled Tuesday. More →

success, train

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Sunday October 30th 2005

BBC: Public transport 'drink ban plan' 5650

http://www.thetyee.ca/Life/2005/10/27/TrainHoppingYohos/

by oblio Sun Oct 30th, 2005 5:03am (from #bor) [score: 721 | approval: 0%]

The plan to ban drinking on public transport is reportedly on a list of 40 proposals aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour and binge drinking. The list is also said to include the introduction of respect "sheriffs" in each community and allowing councils to seize the private homes of people found guilty of serious anti-social behaviour offences. More →

The last paragraph is the fucked part.