Suicide net for the Golden Gate Bridge

[bedlamite]

And it only costs $45 million.

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/iconic-golden-gate-bridge-to-get-45m-suicide-net/19573836

How many are going to jump just for the thrill knowing that the net is going to save them? If it doesn't, what is the lawsuit going to be settled for? And the most important question, Can we turn this thing into a giant bug zapper?

[Jamisjockey]

Just proves my point that we are not as free as we think we are. 

[geronimotwo]

why is california bankrupt?  they already have suicide hotline phones, and crisis workers on the bridge 24/7.  guess i'll have to carry a camera from now on to avoid crisis team intervention!

[RevDisk]

why is california bankrupt?  they already have suicide hotline phones, and crisis workers on the bridge 24/7.  guess i'll have to carry a camera from now on to avoid crisis team intervention!

Californians are demanding services and refuse to pay for it.

[sanglant]

perhaps they are afraid there teachers\cops\firemen\ems\etc. people will look up, and notice there pension are being controlled by a bunch of drunken chimps. and try to jump off the bridge?

[Perd Hapley]

perhaps they are afraid there teachers\cops\firemen\ems\etc. people will look up, and notice there pension are being controlled by a bunch of drunken chimps. and try to jump off the bridge?

The Drunken Chimp community takes offense at this, and asks that you apologize.

[BobR]

Now it will just take a little longer. First jump into the net and then crawl to the edge of the net and jump again. What are they going to do, put nets every 20 feet to the water? 

bob

[never_retreat]

Ok so thats just shy of 35,000 dollars per person that has jumped so far.
I say lets bill it to the family's of the previous jumpers.

[AJ Dual]

Just proves my point that we are not as free as we think we are. 

I get the sentiment, but if people want to die that badly, they can do it in the privacy of their own home or international waters or something...

The Golden Gate belongs to somebody, namely the taxpayers, and someone killing themselves from it is as much an ahole move as climbing up onto your own private roof to do it.

[Monkeyleg]

I"ve seen your roof, AJ. It's not high enough for suicide. Breaking a leg maybe, but not suicide.

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

How many are going to jump just for the thrill knowing that the net is going to save them?

I would. When's it going up? 

I like to put interesting things in the extracurricular section of my resume, and I currently don't have enough:
1. Survived being shot, twice.
2. Survived innumerable knife fights.
3. Survived being hit in the head with an axe.
4. Survived being cut by chainsaw.
5. Survived puberty.
6. [future]Survived jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.
7. [future]Flew an ultralight aircraft over five hundred miles.

[AJ Dual]

I"ve seen your roof, AJ. It's not high enough for suicide. Breaking a leg maybe, but not suicide.

If you actually ran out a bit to clear the grass and reach the sidewalk, it's almost three stories. It might just do the trick.

Although I agree it's even more inconsiderate to lay there twitching and moaning than politely quiet and 100% dead.

[Monkeyleg]

I like to put interesting things in the extracurricular section of my resume, and I currently don't have enough:
1. Survived being shot, twice.
2. Survived innumerable knife fights.
3. Survived being hit in the head with an axe.
4. Survived being cut by chainsaw.
5. Survived puberty.
6. [future]Survived jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.
7. [future]Flew an ultralight aircraft over five hundred miles.

Is this the first time you've mentioned all this on the forum, or did I somehow miss something this unusual?

Sorry, AJ, I didn't realize your house was that tall. Feel free to jump.

[RevDisk]

If you actually ran out a bit to clear the grass and reach the sidewalk, it's almost three stories. It might just do the trick.

Although I agree it's even more inconsiderate to lay there twitching and moaning than politely quiet and 100% dead.

My favorite is suicide...  self-decapitation with a chainsaw.  Now that's determination.   Not exactly politely quiet, but still quite respectable.

[Boomhauer]

My favorite is suicide...  self-decapitation with a chainsaw.  Now that's determination.   Not exactly politely quiet, but still quite respectable.

Don't forget the people that have offed themselves with a bandsaw. Gruesome, those photos are. I mean, I can understand why someone would want to kill themselves (terminal illness for one) but to choose a slow, painful method? Jesus...

[AJ Dual]

Like marriage?
 

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

Is this the first time you've mentioned all this on the forum, or did I somehow miss something this unusual?

First time. Hate to explain any of these things, since it would eliminate the international man of mystery mystique. I use a broad, flexible definition for "shoot" and "knife fight." 
As a hint... I took multiple 4.5mm steel-tipped rounds to the head. Okay, they were actually BBs, and were actually ricochets, and I still missed the bullseye of that damned 25M airgun target. At 10ft.
And the knife fights... I won them all. Every time I get a new knife, I fight myself (by accident). I am surprised that I still have fingerprints. As a side note, Marttiini makes some very cheap and extremely sharp knives. When not slashing merrily away at my fingers, I used it to shave once. Worked pretty well.
The axe - I was tactical, even as a pre-pubescent kid. I used my 1337 skilz to sneak up behind a guy chopping wood, and my bell was rung. Probably with a splitting maul. Still have a scar on the forehead.
The saw - it was off, I was barefoot, and I was epically stupid. A piece of carpet pad was draped over the saw, and I raked my foot against the bottom of the (pretty sharp) chain while sweeping. That was an odd sensation, so I raked my foot across the area again. Same odd sensation. So I took off the carpet pad. It's a chain saw. I look at my foot. That sensation was temporary numbness, and my foot was now beginning to bleed nicely from 3-4 holes.
Facts sound so much better without details. 

[MechAg94]

Make the net out of razor wire and don't clean up the bodies.  I think the sight of corpses and skeletons hanging on the net will discourage all but the most serious suiciders. 

[Monkeyleg]

Make the net out of razor wire and don't clean up the bodies.  I think the sight of corpses and skeletons hanging on the net will discourage all but the most serious suiciders. 

Might make for a profitable Halloween tourist attraction, too.

[Tallpine]

Isn't this carrying the Social Safety Net a bridge too far 

 

[Silver Bullet]

My favorite is suicide...  self-decapitation with a chainsaw.  Now that's determination.   Not exactly politely quiet, but still quite respectable.

How about a wood-chipper ?   

[BReilley]

Isn't this carrying the Social Safety Net a bridge too far 

 

Ding ding ding!

[Firethorn]

How about a wood-chipper ?   

Too automated.  It takes TALENT to completely decapitate yourself with a chainsaw.   

[Antibubba]

A suggest a compromise--put the net up, but place it about 70 feet down and use monofilament line for the netting.  The resulting laceration pattern will discourage other suicides and thrill seekers from making the jump.  Or put it 200 feet down to make chum.

[RoadKingLarry]

Simple solution.
Make suicide legal only duirng parts of the day and night hours.
Only allowed on the outgoing tide.