death at Dunn Loring metro

[Anonymous]

This is so troubling. I am D-O-N-E with Metro. Absolutely done. Used to be a daily rider. I haven’t taken it since COVID and will never take it again if I can help it.

They need to disband WMATA and sell it all off to a private company to operate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so troubling. I am D-O-N-E with Metro. Absolutely done. Used to be a daily rider. I haven’t taken it since COVID and will never take it again if I can help it.

They need to disband WMATA and sell it all off to a private company to operate.

You were done with metro 3 years ago. Don't bother trying to fool yourself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is so troubling. I am D-O-N-E with Metro. Absolutely done. Used to be a daily rider. I haven’t taken it since COVID and will never take it again if I can help it.

They need to disband WMATA and sell it all off to a private company to operate.

You were done with metro 3 years ago. Don't bother trying to fool yourself.

It’s a new horror every day. The only question is how bad it will get.

[Anonymous]

The article says the dog owner was 450 feet away from the driver, not from the dog. Basically, he was exiting one of the last cars of the train.

Service dogs provide different services. A dog who alerts for seizures for example may sometimes be a few feet away.

That isn’t to say this was a service dog, just to say that not being on a harness isn’t a sign that it wasn’t.



A service dog a few feet away from its owner/handler outdoors going for a walk, is one thing. But indoors, the service animal should be right beside and within arms reach of its person. This is common sense safety. And of course, pets shouldn't be brought in stores or public transportation anyway unless fully restrained or contained.

I'm not saying the punishment for owner negligence should be death, but this was preventable due to the owner's own negligence. WAY too many dog owners these days are completely irresponsible.

So true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is so troubling. I am D-O-N-E with Metro. Absolutely done. Used to be a daily rider. I haven’t taken it since COVID and will never take it again if I can help it.

They need to disband WMATA and sell it all off to a private company to operate.

You were done with metro 3 years ago. Don't bother trying to fool yourself.

It’s a new horror every day. The only question is how bad it will get.

I'm not sure how you can blame this user-error on metro. If you're a rational person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so troubling. I am D-O-N-E with Metro. Absolutely done. Used to be a daily rider. I haven’t taken it since COVID and will never take it again if I can help it.

They need to disband WMATA and sell it all off to a private company to operate.

🙄

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is so troubling. I am D-O-N-E with Metro. Absolutely done. Used to be a daily rider. I haven’t taken it since COVID and will never take it again if I can help it.

They need to disband WMATA and sell it all off to a private company to operate.

You were done with metro 3 years ago. Don't bother trying to fool yourself.

It’s a new horror every day. The only question is how bad it will get.

I'm not sure how you can blame this user-error on metro. If you're a rational person.

I agree. Metro has had a ton of issues, but this was a freak accident. If anyone is to blame it’s the person who had their (probably) non service dog tied to them with a somewhat long leash… but mostly it was a freak accident.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is so troubling. I am D-O-N-E with Metro. Absolutely done. Used to be a daily rider. I haven’t taken it since COVID and will never take it again if I can help it.

They need to disband WMATA and sell it all off to a private company to operate.

You were done with metro 3 years ago. Don't bother trying to fool yourself.

It’s a new horror every day. The only question is how bad it will get.

I'm not sure how you can blame this user-error on metro. If you're a rational person.

“User error”? Are you crazy? This is a death directly caused by rail operations and failure to follow procedures. Go show me a case of this happening with SEPTA, MTA or CTA. it’s always and only ever WMATA and they are not helped by people like you that make excuses for their lack of safety culture. Regardless, every death in the system is WMATAs responsibility. Full stop.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is so troubling. I am D-O-N-E with Metro. Absolutely done. Used to be a daily rider. I haven’t taken it since COVID and will never take it again if I can help it.

They need to disband WMATA and sell it all off to a private company to operate.

You were done with metro 3 years ago. Don't bother trying to fool yourself.

It’s a new horror every day. The only question is how bad it will get.

I'm not sure how you can blame this user-error on metro. If you're a rational person.

“User error”? Are you crazy? This is a death directly caused by rail operations and failure to follow procedures. Go show me a case of this happening with SEPTA, MTA or CTA. it’s always and only ever WMATA and they are not helped by people like you that make excuses for their lack of safety culture. Regardless, every death in the system is WMATAs responsibility. Full stop.

Unfortunately, a short Google search showed multiple accidental dragging deaths at lots of different subway systems. Accidents happen.

Do you want to fence off the Grand Canyon, too?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is so troubling. I am D-O-N-E with Metro. Absolutely done. Used to be a daily rider. I haven’t taken it since COVID and will never take it again if I can help it.

They need to disband WMATA and sell it all off to a private company to operate.

You were done with metro 3 years ago. Don't bother trying to fool yourself.

It’s a new horror every day. The only question is how bad it will get.

I'm not sure how you can blame this user-error on metro. If you're a rational person.

“User error”? Are you crazy? This is a death directly caused by rail operations and failure to follow procedures. Go show me a case of this happening with SEPTA, MTA or CTA. it’s always and only ever WMATA and they are not helped by people like you that make excuses for their lack of safety culture. Regardless, every death in the system is WMATAs responsibility. Full stop.

This is a really stupid take.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have to think 450 feet is a typo. That's the height of a tall building. Even 45 feet is an unusually long leash. I wonder if they meant 4-5 feet (which would be plenty far from the train for a safety check to miss).

It's sad no matter who it is, but somebody traveling at midday with a dog lagging on the end of a long leash may not have been fully aware of what was going on.

It doesn’t say the man was 450 ft from the train, it says the incident happened 450 feet from the operator’s booth, so basically toward the back of the train. At that distance, the operator is not going to see a thin leash in a door so the train would have looked clear to depart from his perspective.

I wonder if he was near rear of train so operator wouldn’t notice his dog.

But I do wish WMATA would enforce no pets on trains. I would hate to be in an enclosed box with some randos pit bull.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is so troubling. I am D-O-N-E with Metro. Absolutely done. Used to be a daily rider. I haven’t taken it since COVID and will never take it again if I can help it.

They need to disband WMATA and sell it all off to a private company to operate.

You were done with metro 3 years ago. Don't bother trying to fool yourself.

It’s a new horror every day. The only question is how bad it will get.

I'm not sure how you can blame this user-error on metro. If you're a rational person.

“User error”? Are you crazy? This is a death directly caused by rail operations and failure to follow procedures. Go show me a case of this happening with SEPTA, MTA or CTA. it’s always and only ever WMATA and they are not helped by people like you that make excuses for their lack of safety culture. Regardless, every death in the system is WMATAs responsibility. Full stop.

This is a really stupid take.

People consistently dying on the metrorail system is nbd. Right.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is so troubling. I am D-O-N-E with Metro. Absolutely done. Used to be a daily rider. I haven’t taken it since COVID and will never take it again if I can help it.

They need to disband WMATA and sell it all off to a private company to operate.

You were done with metro 3 years ago. Don't bother trying to fool yourself.

It’s a new horror every day. The only question is how bad it will get.

I'm not sure how you can blame this user-error on metro. If you're a rational person.

“User error”? Are you crazy? This is a death directly caused by rail operations and failure to follow procedures. Go show me a case of this happening with SEPTA, MTA or CTA. it’s always and only ever WMATA and they are not helped by people like you that make excuses for their lack of safety culture. Regardless, every death in the system is WMATAs responsibility. Full stop.

This is a really stupid take.

People consistently dying on the metrorail system is nbd. Right.

What people consistently dying? Metro is much safer than driving. Read the Wapo article. The doors will not close on a body part, but this was a leash. It’s was 100% the dog owners fault. What a horrible way to die, but you’re blaming the wrong person here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have to think 450 feet is a typo. That's the height of a tall building. Even 45 feet is an unusually long leash. I wonder if they meant 4-5 feet (which would be plenty far from the train for a safety check to miss).

It's sad no matter who it is, but somebody traveling at midday with a dog lagging on the end of a long leash may not have been fully aware of what was going on.

It doesn’t say the man was 450 ft from the train, it says the incident happened 450 feet from the operator’s booth, so basically toward the back of the train. At that distance, the operator is not going to see a thin leash in a door so the train would have looked clear to depart from his perspective.

I wonder if he was near rear of train so operator wouldn’t notice his dog.

But I do wish WMATA would enforce no pets on trains. I would hate to be in an enclosed box with some randos pit bull.

I think they have bigger fish to fry.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is so troubling. I am D-O-N-E with Metro. Absolutely done. Used to be a daily rider. I haven’t taken it since COVID and will never take it again if I can help it.

They need to disband WMATA and sell it all off to a private company to operate.

You were done with metro 3 years ago. Don't bother trying to fool yourself.

It’s a new horror every day. The only question is how bad it will get.

I'm not sure how you can blame this user-error on metro. If you're a rational person.

“User error”? Are you crazy? This is a death directly caused by rail operations and failure to follow procedures. Go show me a case of this happening with SEPTA, MTA or CTA. it’s always and only ever WMATA and they are not helped by people like you that make excuses for their lack of safety culture. Regardless, every death in the system is WMATAs responsibility. Full stop.

This is a really stupid take.

People consistently dying on the metrorail system is nbd. Right.

What people consistently dying? Metro is much safer than driving. Read the Wapo article. The doors will not close on a body part, but this was a leash. It’s was 100% the dog owners fault. What a horrible way to die, but you’re blaming the wrong person here.

Metro is the least safe rail transit system in the country.
https://www.governing.com/now/washington-metro-is-a-transit-system-in-deep-trouble?_amp=true