alt Hacker News> A <1% risk of loss, if catastrophic (e.g. thrown off the platform into an oncoming train),
how common is it for people to be thrown off the platform into an oncoming train in NY?
> A <1% risk of loss, if catastrophic (e.g. thrown off the platform into an oncoming train),
how common is it for people to be thrown off the platform into an oncoming train in NY?
Not common. From what I've read, each year, 50-80 people are killed on the tracks (either by hitting trains or touching the third rail), with only a handful being caused by somebody else pushing them onto the tracks.