Problem: Drunk People Keep Falling on Train Tracks. Solution: Turn the Seats 90 Degrees

Spoon & Tamago reports that data scientists at the West Japan Railway Company analyzed 2 years worth of information of a recurring problem: drunk people at train stations walking right off the platform and onto the train tracks.

They anticipated that the drunks just wandered aimlessly onto the tracks accidentally. But security camera footage revealed that they tended to stand up from seats and walk straight off the platform like they knew exactly where they were going.

(Images: Kobe)

So the train company is experimenting with a possible solution. Assuming that drunks will move in more or less a straight line after standing up, they turned seats perpendicular to the train tracks. They will see if this results in fewer drunks on the tracks in the future.


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My favorite Carson interview question was when after naming Jay Leno as his replacement, he had David Letterman on one last time and opened the interview by asking him "So just how pissed off are you?". I really do miss the REAL Tonight Show.
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I found Carson offensive many times. For 2 or 3 years he continually told Polish jokes. He also despised Wayne Newton and bashed him mercilessly until Newton stormed into his office, leaped over Carson's desk, grabbed him by his lapels and yelled :"What the h... did I do to make you constantly pick on and ridicule me?" Carson never picked on Newton again.
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I grew up in the 60s and watched Carson nearly every evening with the family. He had a unique talent and was in tune with the times. He was, however by later accounts, a somewhat petty man who held grudges. He was also a failure as a man, with his children, many ex-wives and even his few friends. Upon retirement he headed the list of Most Hated Men in Hollywood. He was also cheap. He died on his yacht from heart failure, absent friends and family and only with hired staff. His closest longtime friend broke with him years earlier and later wrote a candid, critical biography. He was a great talent but a poor human being. Sometimes that is the case. He wouldn't fare well today, as he was too white bread for our times. Still very clever and talented.
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