It seems crass to be talking about it, but as long as there have been there have been trains carrying the public around, there have been people throwing themselves infront of them. Think Anna Karenina.

People have been trying to figure out a way to stop people from offing themselves by way of train for quite some time. The video above shows a train in St. Petersberg. They’ve taken the “if you can’t get to the tracks, you can’t throw yourself onto them” approach.

Other countries, such as Japan have taken a more bureaucratic approach. Suicides have been a problem in Japan for the last few years. As a result they have started charging the family of the deceased for every minute that commuters have been delayed. That seems a little backwards to me. But I guess no one’s found an effective solution yet.