Should These People Be Riding The Metro?
The reason all trains were delayed on Friday , as it turns out, was because of several people (all from Indian subcontinent) fiddling around with Emergency Stop buttons on the train causing it to disengage from the main computer system that controls all the trains. When this happens the computer also stops all the other trains on the same direction. This is why there were massive delays on Friday.
A Bengalese man was fined 2000 AED after causing 30 minute delay on one of the trains. Of course these kind of irresponsible actions may be because the man reads neither English or Arabic , and just wanted to press that red button just for the heck of it. Which eventually caused people to pile up at the stations waiting for trains that wont come because the system went down after what this guy did. Only 43 thousand got to ride the train on Friday (30 thousand in the first 2 hours alone) compared to 67 thousand on Thursday.
Another reason for the crowding was people that wont get off at any station (joy riders). Many of these men from the mention nationalities purchased economy tickets but sat in the women’s and VIP compartments.
Do you think such kind of people be allowed to cause these disruptions , causing losses to various parties that rely on this mode of transportation. What would happen to this person if he did this on a European or US metro , what kind of fines/trouble would they face. Should they be banned from using the service ?
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November 28, 2009 @ 3:47 pm
Man, I know why I won’t use mass transportation in the UAE.
Last year I read that these people were supposed to be educated how to use a train and stand in line. Maybe the instructors forgot to tell them not to push the emergency button just for fun:)).
I know that using the emergency breaks without a reason is fined in the USA and Europe, but I don’t know how much the fine is. I never experienced it.
You can’t ban these people from using the Metro, you just keep on riding your own car.
Thanks for the laugh.
November 28, 2009 @ 4:34 pm
yes if disturbing passengers are let off planes same should apply on trains.
responder that says westren people never getting on dubai metro train is really wrong. Look on this photo .. many riding it.
http://www.emaratalyoum.com/Articles/2009/9/PublishingImages/9_13_2009/ar07-130909-01_small.jpg
November 28, 2009 @ 7:38 pm
i dont think they should band such nationalities ,, but this guy should panned from riding the metro again … & maybe they should put some employees to make sure that things are going just fine in the train ..
November 29, 2009 @ 1:55 am
It made me laugh reading this on gulfnews. I guess they mistaken it for the stop button like on the bus.
^_^
November 29, 2009 @ 5:42 am
Well, maybe they thought the big red button makes the train start/stop haha
Well why only indian subcontinent people creating trouble?
It’s probably because they make up majority of the population and therefore the probability of a person creating trouble is more likely from the indian subcontinent.
Also most of the immigrants from the indian subcontinent are in the lower class(some don’t even get education)… you can’t expect them to be very smart.
In fact, people of lower class of any nationality tend to behave that way.
If you get hobos from the west… they might even burn the train down just for the heck of it.
Now you wont find civilized people from the indian sub continent doing such stuff will you?
So if you say those people who represent the lower class should be banned then it’s no different than an aristocracy where the poor are not given rights.
Well I’m not saying I’m defending them, even I agree they’re idiots… but I don’t think they should be banned from using services like these.
November 29, 2009 @ 5:46 am
They say “little things amuse little minds”. This seems to be the case with people who have never been on an underground train system before.
You cannot prevent people from using a public transport system purely on the basis of their race. However they can and should have a punitive system by which offenders are traced and punished, and repeat offenders are banned from using the service. This can be done simply by required the use of an ID card while buying a ticket.
In Paris your metro ticket is valid for all stations, as long as you do not leave the underground. However, the standard ticket is only valid for single use not exceeding 90 minutes, in order to prevent just such a scenario with joy riders.
November 29, 2009 @ 10:02 am
Why didn’t you say that Metro should not have been put up as there were soo many people from Indian Subcontinent?
Westerners who can hardly afford a motorbike in their home countries and fly here in Ferraris,will never ride on the Metro everyone knows!
Such incidents are part of the package and here they were expected too!
People learn to do by doing.Next time he will think twice before spending 2000DHS in Metro, so will his friends!
Were you in the Metro yourself yesterday? The answer is NO.