14 year old electricuted on tube tracks

[Kameron]

I have no idea about these things, but I've noticed warning signs saying 'Danger! xxxx volts' so I assumed volts had something todo with it.

Volts that Jolt but Amps kill, this is partly why you have high voltages so that if you touch it you may be thrown clear (though there are transmission efficiency reasons as well).

 

[Miscellaneous]

I wonder if the kid had friendly PC Tony Stamp from the Bill teach him about track safety as I did when I was kid.

I certainly learnt never play on the tracks

(As well as a one under right at the back of the house, which was a rather messy one)

 

[scarecrow]

on the contrary; I'm sure he minded a great deal as 20,000 volts went through him

That's an exaggeration. He'd have got 630 volts if he was touching BOTH the live rails. I think the positive rail is 450+ and the negative is 180- but I could be wrong.

Sorry, if this post comes across as pendantic, I don't mean to be, but isn't it the amps in electricty that does the real damage?

Yeah it is, but the voltage drives the current. So imagine how much current it takes to move a train...

 

[scarecrow]

Everyone knows that climbing around on electrified rail lines is suicidally dangerous, even 14 year olds.

People can be absent minded though. Plenty of people have croaked after pissing on live rails.

 

[Giles]

People can be absent minded though. Plenty of people have croaked after pissing on live rails.

Pissing on the live rails???

I refer you to my previous statement....

Think of it as evolution in action.

Giles..

 

[scarecrow]

I refer you to my previous statement....

Think of it as evolution in action.

Giles..

I think they're probably drunk rather than born stupid...