Blimey who would have thought this could be dangerous?! India is an amazing place but just way too unregulated in so many ways.

^how would he be better off if he didn't even have the choice to use a risky transportation method to get to work, and ended up starving to death because he lost his job and couldn't pay for food? its a risk hes taking but its a risk he choose to take because it was the best available option to him. to take away that option makes his situation even worse.

with regulation you might save a few from some sprained ankles or bruises, but you condemn thousands more to lower wages, unemployment, poverty, and perhaps even death.

it looks to me like the guy hanging on next to him may have caused him to fall

Yes, looks that way to me too.

>> ^Deano:
Blimey who would have thought this could be dangerous?! India is an amazing place but just way too unregulated in so many ways.


I wish we were unregulated in such ways. I'm tired of laws that protect people from their own stupidity. Let's bring back natural selection!

That will ruin your day.

Yeah the guy next to him totally screwed him there

Wow, who else cringed every time one of those poles passed their first time watching this?

^ half-expected him to get thwacked right off.
he's hanging on too loose, sticking out nearly a foot further.

"now too stressed to take the trains"?
try being just stressed enough, to pay the extra whatever, to actually sit inside.

^might have been full. could've been worse though:

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=india+trains&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

I was just in Mumbai last month. It's amazing how many people they cram on those things! Check out this photo I took if you're interested: http://picasaweb.google.com/ISlayWombats/India2008#5237755457571870434

Looked to me like he jumped.

Wow, what a splat sound at the end.