Golden Gate Bridge Suicide Net Plan Gets Boost

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It is hoped a net made of stainless steel cable extending below and from the side of the span will save hundreds of lives.

Officials say they have funds to build a suicide-prevention net at San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate Bridge where two jump to their deaths each month.

The bridge's board of directors will vote on Friday on the plan, which has been debated since the 1950s.

One of the obstacles - the price tag - fell away on Monday as officials announced they had $76m (£45m) for the project.

Most of the new money comes from federal transport programmes, while the rest will be paid out of the bridge's own reserves and state mental health funding.

The bridge district's plan calls for a net made of stainless steel cable extending 20ft below and 20ft from the side of the span.

Anyone who jumps from the span might be injured but would probably survive the fall, say officials.

"For whatever reason, suicidal people don't want to hurt themselves," Dennis Mulligan, the bridge district's general manager, told KTVU-TV.

"At other locations where nets have been up no individual has jumped into the net."

More than 1,400 people have leapt to their deaths from the 4,200-ft suspension bridge since it opened in 1937.

Every year, scores of people contemplating suicide are coaxed not to jump from the span.

On average, there are two suicides a month at the structure.

The Bridge Rail Foundation, which tracks fatalities on the span, said 46 people committed suicide there last year.

Backers of the suicide net were boosted in 2012 when President Barack Obama signed a transportation bill allowing federal funds to flow to the project.

http://news.sky.com/story/1288528/golden-gate-bridge-suicide-net-plan-gets-boost

Good idea, if people want to kill themselves they don't want to do something that will hurt them but not kill them, so it sounds logical.

feelthelove wrote:

Sassy wrote:How about Irn if you say that by 'gangs' you mean gangs and posse's (which you already have) and you condemn the use of the words, and Nems says the same thing.   Seems fair to me.

OK but you are by far the worst offender, gangs, the grange hill gang, the normal crew; are you prepared to condemn the use of those words?  Seems fair to me  ::D:: 

Well Irn apparently cant condemn them. Baffling really

feelthelove wrote:

Sassy wrote:How about Irn if you say that by 'gangs' you mean gangs and posse's (which you already have) and you condemn the use of the words, and Nems says the same thing.   Seems fair to me.

OK but you are by far the worst offender, gangs, the grange hill gang, the normal crew; are you prepared to condemn the use of those words?  Seems fair to me  ::D:: 

Well, if I don't get post after post from a collection of people after virtually every post I make being as nasty as they can be, I will not even have to think of the word, therefore it will be easy to condemn it.   Then you all can stop doing that and Quill and Bee can stop about the 'Sassy Posse' and civilisation can return.   So, ball in your courts, you stop following me around, I will not think there is a collection of people working together, Quill and Bee stop talking about posse's and we will all be better off.  As for being the worst offender, I doubt my posts about my 'following' get anywhere near the number that Quill and Bee do about 'posse'.   So direct your question to them. BTW, have I ever seen any of you object to 'posse'? Don't think I have.

This is the longest ever discussion I've seen about a bridge.

Nems wrote:

feelthelove wrote:

Sassy wrote:How about Irn if you say that by 'gangs' you mean gangs and posse's (which you already have) and you condemn the use of the words, and Nems says the same thing.   Seems fair to me.

OK but you are by far the worst offender, gangs, the grange hill gang, the normal crew; are you prepared to condemn the use of those words?  Seems fair to me  ::D:: 

Well Irn apparently cant condemn them. Baffling really

I have condemned 'all gangs' including posse's and all those you mentioned so let's just agree that they are all wrong. Please don't try and twist my words in the way you just have by suggesting that I haven't condemned them.

eddie wrote:This is the longest ever discussion I've seen about a bridge.

Over troubled waters it seems.   

Irn Bru wrote:

eddie wrote:This is the longest ever discussion I've seen about a bridge.

Over troubled waters it seems.    

What a song that is   

Irn Bru wrote:

Nems wrote:

Well Irn apparently cant condemn them. Baffling really

I have condemned 'all gangs' including posse's and all those you mentioned so let's just agree that they are all wrong. Please don't try and twist my words in the way you just have by suggesting that I haven't condemned them.

How can I twist your words you wont use them, YOU used posse, a specific, and YOU refused to use any others. all I wondered was why you couldn't bring your self to say "course I mean Grange hill gang and normal crew too"

eddie wrote:

Irn Bru wrote:

Over troubled waters it seems.    

What a song that is   

Love all Paul Simon songs.

eddie wrote:This is the longest ever discussion I've seen about a bridge.

Edds it was never about a bridge!   

Sassy wrote:

eddie wrote:

What a song that is   

Love all Paul Simon songs.

Oh me too. Graceland is a great album.

eddie wrote:

Irn Bru wrote:

eddie wrote:This is the longest ever discussion I've seen about a bridge.

Over troubled waters it seems.    

What a song that is   

It certainly was. Classic without time.

Nems wrote:

eddie wrote:This is the longest ever discussion I've seen about a bridge.

Edds it was never about a bridge!   

Well I don't think so no.... I'm gonna row row row my boat gently to the shore....  

eddie wrote:

Sassy wrote:

Love all Paul Simon songs.

Oh me too. Graceland is a great album.

Absolutely brilliant.

Sassy wrote:

feelthelove wrote:

OK but you are by far the worst offender, gangs, the grange hill gang, the normal crew; are you prepared to condemn the use of those words?  Seems fair to me  ::D:: 

Well, if I don't get post after post from a collection of people after virtually every post I make being as nasty as they can be, I will not even have to think of the word, therefore it will be easy to condemn it.   Then you all can stop doing that and Quill and Bee can stop about the 'Sassy Posse' and civilisation can return.   So, ball in your courts, you stop following me around, I will not think there is a collection of people working together, Quill and Bee stop talking about posse's and we will all be better off.

I haven't followed you around, in fact I've ignored you for months.  There is no collection of people working together against you. If you upset enough posters you have to expect multiple responses.  If you don't like the term posse you should perhaps think about your use of the terms "grange hill gang" and the "the normal crew"

Yes, I'm pissed off, stop making excuses for your behaviour, ill health doesn't excuse abuse and cancer certainly doesn't  

Nems wrote:

Irn Bru wrote:

Nems wrote:

Well Irn apparently cant condemn them. Baffling really

I have condemned 'all gangs' including posse's and all those you mentioned so let's just agree that they are all wrong. Please don't try and twist my words in the way you just have by suggesting that I haven't condemned them.

How can I twist your words you wont use them, YOU used posse, a specific, and YOU refused to use any others. all I wondered was why you couldn't bring your self to say "course I mean Grange hill gang and normal crew too"  

I have repeatedly said I condemn all gangs and posse's (which I didn't name) and if you can't accept that is exactly what I meant then I can't help you any further.

eddie wrote:

Nems wrote:

eddie wrote:This is the longest ever discussion I've seen about a bridge.

Edds it was never about a bridge!   

Well I don't think so no.... I'm gonna row row row my boat gently to the shore....  

Michael did that lol

I don't get this gang thing at all?
Isn't it just people not agreeing with someone?

If I post something and five people come along and say "Edds you're talking borrox!" I wouldn't think I was being ganged up on?

eddie wrote:I don't get this gang thing at all?
Isn't it just people not agreeing with someone?

If I post something and five people come along and say "Edds you're talking borrox!" I wouldn't think I was being ganged up on?

But that isn't what they say is it.   Every post is personal about me, not about the subject.   And lord help me if I object to something because I find it very upsetting, like VOD saying being horrible about a child's death is cruel, then I get told I should be euthanised.

Sassy wrote:

eddie wrote:I don't get this gang thing at all?
Isn't it just people not agreeing with someone?

If I post something and five people come along and say "Edds you're talking borrox!" I wouldn't think I was being ganged up on?

But that isn't what they say is it.   Every post is personal about me, not about the subject.  

Well I actually think that's the nature of debate forums tbh. People do get personal - not saying it's right but we've all done it.

eddie wrote:

Sassy wrote:

But that isn't what they say is it.   Every post is personal about me, not about the subject.  

Well I actually think that's the  nature of debate forums tbh. People do get personal - not saying it's right but we've all done it.

No it's not, especially when a group get together to do it. And do it for months and months.

I don't think this thread has any further mileage in it other than debate on the bridge itself so maybe it's best to just drop it before things get a whole lot worse going over old ground again.

feelthelove wrote:

Sassy wrote:

Well, if I don't get post after post from a collection of people after virtually every post I make being as nasty as they can be, I will not even have to think of the word, therefore it will be easy to condemn it.   Then you all can stop doing that and Quill and Bee can stop about the 'Sassy Posse' and civilisation can return.   So, ball in your courts, you stop following me around, I will not think there is a collection of people working together, Quill and Bee stop talking about posse's and we will all be better off.

I haven't followed you around, in fact I've ignored you for months.  There is no collection of people working together against you. If you upset enough posters you have to expect multiple responses.  If you don't like the term posse you should perhaps think about your use of the terms "grange hill gang" and the "the normal crew"

Yes, I'm pissed off, stop making excuses for your behaviour, ill health doesn't excuse abuse and cancer certainly doesn't  

+1

FTL has ignored me thank heavens, the others have followed me around and the proof is on the board and has been commented on by many.   If they all did what FTL had done there wouldn't be a problem.   My behaviour is not the problem.   Their's is.   They have have made posts on me and followed me around.   The proof is there.

Sassy wrote:FTL has ignored me thank heavens, the others have followed me around and the proof is on the board and has been commented on by many.   If they all did what FTL had done there wouldn't be a problem.   My behaviour is not the problem.   Their's is.   They have have made posts on me and followed me around.   The proof is there.

Christ its always about you isnt it? There are no gangs following you around (fine words from you who jumps on every post by Didge or Quill you hypocrite) what is here is a series of individuals that you have fucked over and fucked off. If people dislike you, you have only yourself to blame.
You are arrogant nasty and self obsessed. You schlep your tales round for the sympathy of strangers and spit the dummy when things don't go your way. Have you ever stopped to think that perhaps its you that is at fault. Sorry daft question you have no insight and certainly no self awareness. So debate if you want to, feck off if you don't, but for the love of God stop trying to cast yourself as the victim.

Nems wrote:

Sassy wrote:FTL has ignored me thank heavens, the others have followed me around and the proof is on the board and has been commented on by many.   If they all did what FTL had done there wouldn't be a problem.   My behaviour is not the problem.   Their's is.   They have have made posts on me and followed me around.   The proof is there.

Christ its always about you isnt it? There are no gangs following you around (fine words from you who jumps on every post by Didge or Quill you hypocrite) what is here is a series of individuals that you have fucked over and fucked off. If people dislike you, you have only yourself to blame.
You are arrogant nasty and self obsessed. You schlep your tales round for the sympathy of strangers and spit the dummy when things don't go your way. Have you ever stopped to think that perhaps its you that is at fault. Sorry daft question you have no insight and certainly no self awareness. So debate if you want to, feck off if you don't, but for the love of God stop trying to cast yourself as the victim.  

Leave me alone.

eddie wrote:This is the longest ever discussion I've seen about a bridge.

I,m wishing there was a suicide net on the bridge near me too after reading this thread   

Sassy wrote:FTL has ignored me thank heavens, the others have followed me around and the proof is on the board and has been commented on by many.   If they all did what FTL had done there wouldn't be a problem.   My behaviour is not the problem.   Their's is.   They have have made posts on me and followed me around.   The proof is there.

Your behaviour is not the problem? Yes, I know I avoid conflict but why are so many people challenging you? I have no problem ignoring you but I can understand why many do, you are very hypocritical  

I have a huge issue with you using your health to excuse your behaviour, it simply doesn't

Locking this up ...