Why do You go near trains?

These are questions and excuses you need to be asking yourself and hearing when you are around trains:

What is your excuse for being on the tracks?

• Is it to be "cool" among friends?

• Do you not care because you feel there are "unimportant rules" that you don't agree with?

• Are you rebelling against your parents?

• "Nothing will happen to me because I'm careful."

• "I'll see the train in time."

• "I'm a juvenile. They won't do anything to me if I get caught."

• "I can't be arrested."

• "I can outrun the police."

• You think it's public land.

• Are the tracks "abandoned" or rarely used?

• You "know the train schedule." and no train is due.

• Are you an "expert on trains" who knows or thinks they know more than everyone else?

• "Nobody uses this equipment anymore. No harm in fooling with it."

• Do you enjoy putting objects on the tracks and seeing a train run over them?

• Is being on the tracks a part of an initiation of some sort?

• You are "in a hurry."

• "It's the perfect shortcut"

• Did you see other people do it and assume it's ok?

• Do people tell you "not to worry?"

• Are you afraid of being laughed at for not going along? - Peer Pressure?

• "You wanted time alone with a boyfriend or girlfriend."

• You think it's a place to drink, have sex and do drugs.

• Are you feeling depressed and want to kill yourself?

The excuse is that there is no excuse and YOU shouldn't be doing it at all. You SHOULD be living and AWAY from danger. Before you take that shortcut or walk on the tracks, ask yourself the following question:

IS IT WORTH MY LIFE OR MY FREEDOM?

Hopefully, your answer should be NO.

Notice how the questions and statements refer to YOU. It is 100% your choice. Choose wisely because it can happen to you. It will happen to you.