Don't play around trains, kids...

2011G6E · 20-01-2015, 01:37 PM

Should have worked on his common sense as much as his body by the sound of it...moron...

http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fit...-1227190517039

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FITNESS instructor and reality TV star Greg Plitt was reportedly attempting to outrun an oncoming train while filming a commerical for sports drinks when he was struck and killed.
TMZ is reporting that fitness legend Plitt — who starred in the Bravo TV series Work Out — was shooting an ad for a new sports drink near the Burbank Metrolink station in Los Angeles when he attempted the dangerous stunt.
...cont'd...

As a train driver I can't believe people still do stupid crap like this...do they think trains stop quickly or something? Unfortunately the poor train driver/s will have to live with this for the rest of their lives. Stay away from the massive heavy fast moving steel objects that take ages to stop...simple as that.

Then again it was probably inevitable...they have examples of some of his workout videos and he's doing pushups in the middle of the tracks, standing in the middle of tracks lifting barbells, running around railway yards, etc. Knob...

marty351 · 20-01-2015, 02:22 PM

Darwin strikes again!

poppa smurf · 20-01-2015, 03:23 PM

well I for one won't be buying that brand of sport drink........as stated, Darwins theory is infallible.

TheSneakiness · 20-01-2015, 03:41 PM

Had a strike here in QLD last week. Not nice to hear about.

Hell Cat · 20-01-2015, 11:39 PM

My friend when we were in high school was once bashed and robbed for his wallet near our school by a bloke, a few months after it happened the guy who robbed him and his brother were throwing rocks at trains and both got hit and killed.

Madaya · 20-01-2015, 11:46 PM

Erm, I'm not too worried about being remembered,
At my age, I just want to remember.
Certainly wouldn't want to be remembered for doing
something wrong or stupid.
Cheers.

Peter B - CV8 · 21-01-2015, 09:28 AM

No surprise - after all, he was a "train"er....

CoupeKing · 21-01-2015, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter B - CV8

No surprise - after all, he was a "train"er....

Please don't derail the thread, keep it on track.

**hawkgirl** · 21-01-2015, 10:34 AM

Yeah, or someone might go loco

**GasoLane** · 21-01-2015, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by hawkgirl

Yeah, or someone might go loco

Yep, would hate to see the thread get shunted.

Peter B - CV8 · 21-01-2015, 10:49 AM

Gee, that build up a head of steam quickly..

XD 351 Ute · 21-01-2015, 10:55 AM

If his profile didn't stand out so much, he would have been just another sleeper.

Ed

Yellow_Festiva · 21-01-2015, 11:06 AM

I don't think it was an accident based on stupidity to be honest. He tripped and fell. I wonder how many practice runs they did prior to the accident?

Shame a life was lost. 'These things happen'.

Calling him stupid and a moron is probably not the best answer, he died while working and it was a tragic accident by the short account that was posted.

Feathers · 21-01-2015, 11:42 AM

I don't know what kind of company would film a commercial by trespassing on railway property...no filming permit was issued...so I'd think it was just something he was doing to promote himself, or his own product.

I feel sorry for the emergency services that had to clean up, the train driver and the guy's family/friends, but that's about it.

DBourne · 21-01-2015, 11:44 AM

Should of had Red Bull.. then he could of flown to safety.

I dunno.. running in to the path of a train is pretty idiotic..

I hear you can do wonderful things with a green screen and a PC these days. Should of kept to the studio..

Yellow_Festiva · 21-01-2015, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Feathers

I don't know what kind of company would film a commercial by trespassing on railway property...no filming permit was issued...so I'd think it was just something he was doing to promote himself, or his own product.

I feel sorry for the emergency services that had to clean up, the train driver and the guy's family/friends, but that's about it.

If that is the case, ie the rail company and train driver were not in on the act then it would seem that perhaps a few other safety issues could have been overlooked.

Stupid indeed.....

2011G6E · 22-01-2015, 01:07 PM

Bloody hell guys...I've been trying to think of a train metaphor to throw in there as a pun but you all beat me to it...

Yellow_Festiva · 22-01-2015, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by 2011G6E

Bloody hell guys...I've been trying to think of a train metaphor to throw in there as a pun but you all beat me to it...

In that case, full steam ahead then?

jpblue1000 · 22-01-2015, 02:54 PM

Some of you are a bit harsh on him, causing a miss Carriage of Justice
He could run like a locomotive andthough he was the goods but couldn't Gauge his step at the fouling point and without a Buffer and was hit in the caboose or mud ring and suffered a head shunt into the track resulting in knock down so will forever be remembered as the bogie Man, his future was derailed when he found himself facing an Express ticket to the firebox for cremation or to be layed in the hole leaving a hump at the cemetery. Pity it wasn't the light rail with no manifest in lieu of the load that hit him
Thankfully he wasn't coupling at the time otherwise it could be a double tragedy, fortunately it was a one-man operation...

Ok gone too far

JP

**GasoLane** · 22-01-2015, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jpblue1000

Some of you are a bit harsh on him, causing a miss Carriage of Justice
He could run like a locomotive andthough he was the goods but couldn't Gauge his step at the fouling point and without a Buffer and was hit in the caboose or mud ring and suffered a head shunt into the track resulting in knock down so will forever be remembered as the bogie Man, his future was derailed when he found himself facing an Express ticket to the firebox for cremation or to be layed in the hole leaving a hump at the cemetery. Pity it wasn't the light rail with no manifest in lieu of the load that hit him
Thankfully he wasn't coupling at the time otherwise it could be a double tragedy, fortunately it was a one-man operation...

OK....you win

Lunch · 22-01-2015, 03:30 PM

Some people just have to ruin it for every1

xpvanman · 22-01-2015, 04:00 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcEDgRd9w58

Better than this effort....keep off trains as well.

**GasoLane** · 22-01-2015, 04:18 PM

Of course you can have fun on a train (Nauturally 7)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF-KagTq7qY

mik · 22-01-2015, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by 2011G6E

Bloody hell guys...I've been trying to think of a train metaphor to throw in there as a pun but you all beat me to it...

no worries mate, you'll get one down the track

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Pinkbits · 22-01-2015, 09:23 PM

The incident above where the person is electrocuted reminds me of an incident here in Melbourne where a train surfer came into contact with the overhead wires at the Melbourne Rd bridge at Newport.
Train continued on to Werribee & stabled for the night & then formed the first train to Melbourne.
Person travelling up the escalator at Flinders St saw the body on the roof of the train.

wombatG6ET · 22-01-2015, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by SgtBourne

Should of had Red Bull.. then he could of flown to safety.

I dunno.. running in to the path of a train is pretty idiotic..

I hear you can do wonderful things with a green screen and a PC these days. Should of kept to the studio..

Maybe it was for red bull, and he ran out of fuel on the last lap

Neale · 22-01-2015, 11:05 PM

with all of these puns someone had to say it

2011G6E · 22-01-2015, 11:43 PM

The overhead line voltage up here in Queensland is 26,000 volts...and in the right atmospheric conditions it can arc up to a meter. That's why idiots who have hung over rail bridges to do some graffiti have been comprehensively zapped while still being "a long way" from the wires...

nuthin' fancy · 23-01-2015, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by GasOLane

OK....you win

I think this thread is a bit of SLEEPER.