BF2S Forums Golden Gate Bridge Jumping

I've yet to see it, even though it was filmed here!  As soon as I have the time, I'm going to check it out.

Personally, I don't agree with the suicide barrier.  If someone is going to commit suicide, taking away one way to do it is not the answer, as they'll just go about finding another way to go about it.

Marconius wrote:

I've yet to see it, even though it was filmed here!  As soon as I have the time, I'm going to check it out.

Personally, I don't agree with the suicide barrier.  If someone is going to commit suicide, taking away one way to do it is not the answer, as they'll just go about finding another way to go about it.

I agree with Polonius. They'll find ways around it.

PspRpg-7 wrote:

Marconius wrote:

I've yet to see it, even though it was filmed here!  As soon as I have the time, I'm going to check it out.

Personally, I don't agree with the suicide barrier.  If someone is going to commit suicide, taking away one way to do it is not the answer, as they'll just go about finding another way to go about it.

I agree with Polonius. They'll find ways around it.

Lol, Polonius.  I pretty much agree too.  They might just end up jumping of a building and hurting other people.

this sounds fairly morbid, but having walked across the Golden Gate Bridge many times I can completely understand why it is such a popular spot.  It is incredibly beautiful.  whether the sun is shinning or it completely foggy, it is an amazing piece of engineering.  The bay, the ocean, the city, the smell,  I can understand why people would choose to commit suicide by jumping off a work of art.

Reciprocity wrote:

this sounds fairly morbid, but having walked across the Golden Gate Bridge many times I can completely understand why it is such a popular spot.  It is incredibly beautiful.  whether the sun is shinning or it completely foggy, it is an amazing piece of engineering.  The bay, the ocean, the city, the smell,  I can understand why people would choose to commit suicide by jumping off a work of art.

lol thats horrible... and really says something about our society

I remember a few several years ago trying to take some out of state friends on a walk on the GGbridge and the walk was closed because a small child slipped through and fell to it's death.  A poor Indian family had been siteseeing and about 200 yards from the north end, their little 18 month old child slipped and fell between the walkway, and a barrier spot that makes a curb for the roadway.  It was sooo horrible to hear about this, and even worse since they hadn't even been over the water yet and the child was on the ground below at sea level.  There's now a cable in that space between the walkway and the curb to the roadway.

As for putting up a baracade, I'm against it.  It will still get circumvented just as easily, and more importantly, it will ruin the view and structure it self.  And with this film, I will hold judgement until i've seen the film..I have no idea if it was tastefully done or not.  After all, the jumpers from the WTC towers were filmed and portrayed tastefully. 

If I'm not mistaken, having seen other news spots on this topic, one of the reasons to build a barrier on the bridge is because of the heavy cost to the city and coast guard to shut down the water lane so they can do a search and rescue.  It actually gets very expensive...especially if they have to stop an inbound barge from entering port.

The good part is that the area around there bridge is habitat for a large population of Great White sharks. So by them jumping off and committing suicide they are in turn feeding the sharks. Way to support the local wildlife ass hats. I love these conservationists. LOL

Has anyone every took a realistic look at the issue. The US is over populated in the first place. So if a few people want to jump off the GG Bridge and make the Gene pool a little safer for the rest of us to swim in then who cares. Send a thank you card!

The funniest and most ironic thing I have seen about the GG Bridge is the fact that when you walk from the SF side towards Marin, every 50 yards or so there's a suicide hotline phone hanging on a pole that you can call and talk to someone to tell you not to jump. About half way across, they simply stop. I know it isn't what they were thinking, but it kinda makes you wonder if they installed them, ran out of funding and figured that if they made it taht far without calling the damn hotline, they are gonna go ahead and do it anyways. Made my friend from LA laugh when he saw it.

jarhedch wrote:

The funniest and most ironic thing I have seen about the GG Bridge is the fact that when you walk from the SF side towards Marin, every 50 yards or so there's a suicide hotline phone hanging on a pole that you can call and talk to someone to tell you not to jump. About half way across, they simply stop. I know it isn't what they were thinking, but it kinda makes you wonder if they installed them, ran out of funding and figured that if they made it taht far without calling the damn hotline, they are gonna go ahead and do it anyways. Made my friend from LA laugh when he saw it.

Are they suicide hotline phones or highway emergency phones like we have all over the place?

God damn, who wants to have a terrifying death.

jarhedch wrote:

IRONCHEF wrote:

jarhedch wrote:

The funniest and most ironic thing I have seen about the GG Bridge is the fact that when you walk from the SF side towards Marin, every 50 yards or so there's a suicide hotline phone hanging on a pole that you can call and talk to someone to tell you not to jump. About half way across, they simply stop. I know it isn't what they were thinking, but it kinda makes you wonder if they installed them, ran out of funding and figured that if they made it taht far without calling the damn hotline, they are gonna go ahead and do it anyways. Made my friend from LA laugh when he saw it.

Are they suicide hotline phones or highway emergency phones like we have all over the place?

They are actually suicide hotlines, i think my friend from LA has a picture of one, lemme know if you wanna see it and I'll see if i can have him dig it out.

PWNT!!!!!!!!!!!