Comments on: Suicidegate

By: hrugaar

hrugaar — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:40:00 +0000

I imagine netting might deter spur of the moment jumpers if they hadn’t expected it to be there. But yes, once people know it’s there, it seems likely that they’ll just choose somewhere else … or else throw themselves under the next truck driving across the bridge, bringing more distress to more people. 🙁

I checked my photos of the time we drove across the bridge. Cloud, fog.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:33:00 +0000

BTW, thanks for visiting my blog (jo1967) today – I got a bit of a buzz when I realised who had stopped by *grin*.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:30:00 +0000

When they were building the bridge, they had a net underneath to save falling workers. It was very successful, only failing once when a piece of heavy equipment fell first and tore the net.

I do agree about spending the money on mental health, but it looks better for the papers to string up a visible net... *will try not to be so cynical next time*

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:42:00 +0000

I spent a week in SF in 1988 and didn't see one bit of fog. I was rather disappointed. I found that very odd. I love your photos, you could take that up as a trade if ever writing fails you.

I do agree that putting up netting rather than increasing health care for potential suicides is not the right way to go.