I have heard many stories of people getting hurt or even dying on train tracks because they were hit by the train. Aside from obvious intentional damage that someone wants to inflict on themselves, what makes it so dangerous to be walking on them? You can see the train, it makes vibrations, there are so many signs that are around that a train is coming, couldn’t you simply walk out of the way?
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first of all, you would need to constantly monitor a track in both directions. That is very difficult as the train could just come from behind.
Then second, if you hear a train you don’t know which track it is and which direction it is coming from. With modern trains (high speed and low noise) you only have a couple of seconds to react.
Third thing, because trains are so fast, even if you see a train, it is difficult to be judge how much time you have. or on which track it is. or how large it is.
And the forth thing: watching out for trains gets difficult. try stay focused on a task where nothing happens most of the time, but where you need fast reaction time when something happens.
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