NYC nikkas out chea carrying Samurai swords

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You're generally protected by a metallic chassis and if someone rams you they're damaging their own car + you have to do something to piss them off

whereas some mentally ill cats on public transport will attack you for no reason

Man jailed for life over machete attack on London tube train

Ricky Morgan sentenced at Old Bailey after unprovoked assault on Jubilee line left victim with severe wounds

www.theguardian.com

do you believe road rage occurs less frequently than arguments/assaults on public transportation?

 

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do you believe road rage occurs less frequently than arguments/assaults on public transportation?

it's easy escape a road rage incident the biggest mistake people make is they get out of their cars

not so easy to escape someone with a deadly weapon on a train

i think the dissonance here comes from the fact that I live in the UK where someone isn't going to shoot into your windscreen and that you live in the US where drive-bys are frequent and killed the two most famous rappers in the world.

There are ways to make public transportation safer like they do in China with metal detectors after their mass stabbing incident in a western province in 2014 that made them suspicious of all Uighurs

but it would "inconvenience" people who are trying to get somewhere quickly and governments/councils don't want to spend money on extra policing and surveillance

 

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it's easy escape a road rage incident not so easy to escape someone with a deadly weapon on a train

perhaps, but most of these public transportation incidents start off as arguments not unprovoked attacks. unprovoked attacks by mentally ill individuals neglected by authorities. If homelessness and mental health treatment were to be properly addressed, the number of these terrible incidents would plummet.

 

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perhaps, but most of these public transportation incidents start off as arguments not unprovoked attacks. unprovoked attacks by mentally ill individuals neglected by authorities. If homelessness and mental health treatment were to be properly addressed, the number of these terrible incidents would plummet.

maybe but for the time being people should have the agency to protect themselves from unstable individuals from the safety of a vehicle

 

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maybe but for the time being people should have the agency to protect themselves from unstable individuals from the safety of a vehicle

I agree, I just disagree with the notion that there aren't as many if not more unstable individuals driving than you'd encounter on the train.

Public Transportation Facts - American Public Transportation Association

Every segment of American society—-individuals, families, communities, and businesses—benefits from public transportation. It is a lifeline for millions of Americans connecting them to people, places and possibilities. It also builds thriving communities, creates jobs, eases traffic congestion...

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Public Transportation Is a Safer Way to Travel Than by Automobile

• Traveling by public transportation is 10 times safer per mile than traveling by automobile.
• A person can reduce his or her chance of being in an accident by more than 90% simply by taking public transit as opposed to commuting by car.

Is the Subway More Dangerous? Data Is Mixed, but Some Riders Are Scared. (Published 2021)

City officials cite lower subway crime numbers, but a spate of random attacks has unnerved riders.

www.nytimes.com

Public transportation is 10 times safer, analysis shows

Washington — A “modest” increase in public transportation use could help reduce traffic-related fatalities significantly, according to an analysis recently issued by the American Public Transportation Association and the Vision Zero Network.

www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com

New Study Confirms Public Transit is Safer Than Driving; Progressive Railroading Highlights Summer by Rail; Amtrak to Keep Late Night Hiawatha Service | Rail Passengers Association

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Road Rage in the UK | CarFinance 247

Do you see red when you get behind the wheel? With rates of road rage in the UK on the rise, we investigate its causes, common coping strategies, and the driving laws you need to know

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What is road rage?​

According to the Oxford Dictionary, road rage can be defined as the sudden violent anger provoked in a driver due to the actions of another road user. The term covers a wide range of behaviours, some that could be more dangerous than others, including making rude gestures, driving aggressively, or getting distracted behind the wheel.

If you often find yourself seeing red when you get behind the wheel, you’re not alone. In fact, road rage is extremely common. A recent survey by Compare the Market found that 62% of drivers experience road rage and almost a third (30%) have had a face-to-face confrontation with another driver. These are rarely one-off instances either, data from BigChange shows that 20% of UK drivers experience road rage at least once a week.

You might not think that too much harm could come from honking your horn at the slow-moving car in front or skipping a traffic jam by cutting into a lane late, but road rage can have serious consequences. 66% of traffic fatalities are caused by aggressive driving and Highways England report that 12.5% of all casualties on England’s major routes are caused by tailgating.

That’s why it’s even more worrying that road rage is on the rise. Road rage UK crimes rose by 39% between 2017 and 2019 according to police force data.

Bristol drivers are Britain's worst for road rage, according to new research

Looking for Britain's road rage capital? This study suggests Bristolians are top of the table

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cac of tsushima at it again

Go ninja, go ninja, go

 

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I agree, I just disagree with the notion that there aren't as many if not more unstable individuals driving than you'd encounter on the train.

Public Transportation Facts - American Public Transportation Association

Every segment of American society—-individuals, families, communities, and businesses—benefits from public transportation. It is a lifeline for millions of Americans connecting them to people, places and possibilities. It also builds thriving communities, creates jobs, eases traffic congestion...

www.apta.com

Is the Subway More Dangerous? Data Is Mixed, but Some Riders Are Scared. (Published 2021)

City officials cite lower subway crime numbers, but a spate of random attacks has unnerved riders.

www.nytimes.com

Public transportation is 10 times safer, analysis shows

Washington — A “modest” increase in public transportation use could help reduce traffic-related fatalities significantly, according to an analysis recently issued by the American Public Transportation Association and the Vision Zero Network.

www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com

New Study Confirms Public Transit is Safer Than Driving; Progressive Railroading Highlights Summer by Rail; Amtrak to Keep Late Night Hiawatha Service | Rail Passengers Association

www.railpassengers.org

Road Rage in the UK | CarFinance 247

Do you see red when you get behind the wheel? With rates of road rage in the UK on the rise, we investigate its causes, common coping strategies, and the driving laws you need to know

www.carfinance247.co.uk

Bristol drivers are Britain's worst for road rage, according to new research

Looking for Britain's road rage capital? This study suggests Bristolians are top of the table

road.cc

Regardless you are protected from those individuals by being locked in a metallic chasis. The likelihood they intentionally flip your car in anger is even more rare than getting stabbed on public transport.

As for accidents what makes a bus without a seat belt and high centre of gravity any safer? The train i get... the likelihood of collisions is rare but derailment still occurs although less frequently than motoring accidents. If a bus hits a car that's still the fault of public transport...

 

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Victim in NYC subway samurai attack linked to 2019 terror scare

Victim in NYC subway samurai attack linked to 2019 terror scare​

Michael Ruiz - Yesterday 6:37 PM
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A New York straphanger who lost a duel with a swordsman on a Manhattan subway Thursday morning had been accused of planting fake bombs on another commuter train back in 2019, igniting a terror scare, according to authorities.

Larry Griffin, 29, had a violent morning at the Chambers Street subway station after an argument with another man left him bloodied around 9:20 a.m., according to investigators.

Griffin told police the argument broke out on a northbound A train, when the suspect allegedly "menaced him with a sheathed sword."

When the suspect got off, Griffin followed him and took out his phone to call 911, according to authorities. Then the other man allegedly whacked him in the head with the sword’s wooden sheath, which broke off and was recovered at the scene.

NEW YORK CITY PRESSURE COOKER SCARE SUSPECT HAS BAIL SET AT $200K



A man was taken to the Hospital after he was slashed in the forehead by what is being described as a Samurai Sword with a pearl handle that was wielded by a man of thin build approximately six feet tall on the A/C/E train platform at Park Place and Church Street in Manhattan on Thursday October 20, 2022. The Swordsman fled the transit system and is being sought by police. Theodore Parisienne for NY Daily News via Getty Images© Theodore Parisienne for NY Daily News via Getty Images

"The suspect fled topside to parts unknown," a police spokesperson said Thursday, and he remains at large. Griffin was treated at New York Downtown Hospital.


Griffin, in 2019, was accused of planting rice cookers at the Fulton Street subway station, near the World Trade Center, in 2019. Police found a third cooker a couple miles away on a sidewalk in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. He was still on parole for that at the time of Thursday's attack, according to the New York Post.


The incident prompted a minor panic until police determined they were inert devices.

At the time, his cousin told reporters in their West Virginia hometown that he suffered from mental health issues.

"Little Larry’s a good person. He’s got issues, but he don’t ever mean no harm or anything," Tara Brumfield told WSAZ-TV. "Sometimes I don’t understand why he don’t use his smart for good, but the things that he does sometimes I question."



October 20: A man was taken to the Hospital after he was slashed in the forehead by what is being described as a Samurai Sword with a pearl handle that was wielded by a man of thin build approximately six feet tall on the A/C/E train platform at Park Place and Church Street in Manhattan on Thursday October 20, 2022. The Swordsman fled the transit system and is being sought by police. Theodore Parisienne for NY Daily News via Getty Images© Theodore Parisienne for NY Daily News via Getty Images

Rice cookers can resemble pressure cookers – which have in the past been used to make bombs, including those used in the Boston Marathon attack in 2013 and another that rocked Chelsea in 2016, injuring 30 people.

Griffin's criminal history also predates his time in the Big Apple – with West Virginia authorities revealing after his bomb scare arrest that he had prior charges including possession of a controlled substance involving weapons and use of obscene material to seduce a minor.

The subway sword attack comes as Mayor Eric Adams has insisted the media is to blame for the "perception" of surging public transportation crimes.

However, police statistics show transit crime was up 41.1% year to date as of Oct. 16, the most recent data set available. Robberies have spiked 34.2% in that time, and felony assaults rose by 14.5%.

Adams' office told Fox News Digital that the city needs to "battle both the reality of crime and the perception of crime."

"Battling the perception of crime includes battling elements of mental health disorder, which include ensuring that those with serious mental illness aren’t wondering through the subway or posing a danger to themselves or others, and that our streets are clean," said Fabian Levy, the mayor's press secretary. "The reality is that both murders and shootings are down by double digits, and the mayor is proud of that, but he also believes that New Yorkers deserve a safer city, and he will not rest until that is delivered."