LIRR rider injured in Syosset falling into gap

An unidentified man received apparently minor injuries after part of his body fell into a gap at the Syosset Long Island Rail Road station earlier this morning, railroad officials said.

[Frank from Centerport]

Here we go- another clutz falls in the gap and will no doubt sue- maybe even planned it that way. With all the signs, announcements, publicity and warnings you have to be a real jerk to fall in a gap.

[Miss Daisy misses Morgan]

Great way to sqeeze some money from the LIRR.

[joeblow]

1-800-lawyer

[joeblow]

Frank from Centerport wrote:

Here we go- another clutz falls in the gap and will no doubt sue- maybe even planned it that way. With all the signs, announcements, publicity and warnings you have to be a real jerk to fall in a gap.

probably can't read or write english...

[Mike]

I have to laugh at these gap accidents. Learn how to walk maybe? EVERYONE knows about the gap yet people still fall in the gap. It's like they want to hurt themselves. Instead of talking on your cellphone, or shoving a burget in your mouth or trying to read the paper while walking, pay attention to your surroundings

[reality check]

Frank from Centerport wrote:

Here we go- another clutz falls in the gap and will no doubt sue- maybe even planned it that way. With all the signs, announcements, publicity and warnings you have to be a real jerk to fall in a gap.

For sure, bet Newsday couldn't wait to report this.

[Gary]

Wow, its been what, a month since Newsday has had a report on the notorious GAP! They must have been waiting with baited breath for some other idiot to not watch where he was going so they could report on the evil GAP!

[mommaroo]

geez, how hard is it to watch where you're going?

[BKL]

Great, after all these platform modifications and lawsuit settlements for these dopes that can't understand how to jump over a gap, we should be expecting another 15% to 20% increase in train tickets very soon.

[liner]

Klutz alert.

[Blueskies]

Another schmo not paying attention...either that or another schmo looking to sue.

[Dick Longshaft]

The only gap you should be investigating is the one that is growing larger between my pay checks.

[Verdict for LIRR]

joeblow wrote:

1-800-lawyer

Not another frivilous lawsuit from Kenneth Mollins, Esq. That lawyer is NUTS and a media crazied monster.

[Watch the Gap]

Scrapes to his right leg and elbow! Boo-boos!!!

Ohhhhhh, the HUMANITY!

We must shut down the entire LIRR or more clumsy people might suffer more boo-boos!

No human being should have to suffer so. What makes it worse, he will suffer again in a couple of days when he goes through the agony of removing the band-aids from his boo-boos.

[Jane from Babylon]

how about like the Nassau "Wall of Shame" for alleged drunk drivers, there be a posting of gap fallers. Like the stocks in the old town squares, the shame of being on display might prove to be effective in getting people to watch where they walk and pick up their feet. the title of the display could be "Village Idiots."

[Seriously]

At this point, if anyone is still having issues with the gap, you DESERVE to fall in it. I mean seriously, how stupid do you have to be? People are stupid beyond my comprehension I guess...

[unknown]

thats why people in Syosset have a higher class of living. They all take turns falling into a gap and then sue. Damn why not my town?

Make a new rule. If you don't watch the gap you get a summons. Then I am sure that percentage would drop significantly!

[Alan Q]

The what is wrong about pursuing this gap stuff is that it takes away from the real problems and trouble the LIRR gives NY and Long Islanders.

With dumb stories like this and frivilous law suits that ensue, it takes away from the obsolecence, inefficiency, tardiness and over pricing of this excuse for a transport system.

While Newsday over plays the gap story, we forget that conductors are obsolete and can be replace by electronic turnstiles.

We forget how we do not get refunds if trains break down. We also forget about the LIRR's lateness and total lack of organization when even the slightest things go wrong.

When it snows, there are delays. When it rains, when it is too hot...the list goes on.

The LIRR is an overpriced, god awful system of parasites who drain the lifeblood out of America's most important city. The gap incidents make us forget that.

[Hater]

I guarantee it was an old person.

[PJR]

"Newsday investigation published early last year reported more than 800 gap accidents since 1995 and chronicled the LIRR's previously lax response to the problem.

Since then, the railroad has embarked on a massive remediation campaign, planning to spend $46 million by 2012 on gap-shrinking techniques that include shifting platforms, installing metal plates at the base of train car doors and attaching boards to platforms."

All you've done Newday is give LIRR a reason to raise fares (yet again). THERE IS NO GAP PROBLEM!!!! People need to pull their heads out of the sand (or their A S S) and watch were their walking.