Not abiding by safety rules runs a risk

THE DEATH OF A MAN at Nanjing Railway Station on Sunday shows the heavy price that may be paid by those seeking to cut corners. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

A man jumped off a platform in Nanjing Railway Station, East China's Jiangsu province, in order to take a "shortcut" to the platform on the other side of the tracks. But he failed to get onto the other platform before a high-speed train pulled in on that line.

Although the driver slammed on the brakes the moment he saw the man crossing the tracks, the train could not stop in time and the man was trapped between the side of the train and the edge of the platform, a gap of 10 centimeters at most.