Can u still jump off the major bridges into the ocean?

[Final Escape]

Is this still an option?

 

[WornOutLife]

I think most of them are really being monitored 24/7 and as soon as a person starts to behave in a suspicious way, they have like 4 police men over them.
Still, I bet it's not impossible to do it.

 

[Mentalmick]

There's very little to stop you doing it if you're quick.

 

[loopylou]

I live by a pretty high bridge many suicides have taken place there. There's cameras on either end facing the foot path. But I think this is just to monitor the bikes that can't use a motorway

 

[DeadButDreaming]

I've read that the Golden Gate Bridge is the most popular suicide location in the world.

 

[BeanyBoo]

I read somewhere that Golden gate put up suicide safety nets. I'll try to find the article.

 

[BluesRunTheGame]

I read somewhere that Golden gate put up suicide safety nets. I'll try to find the article.

I think they're like halfway through or some shit, keeps getting delayed. The dumb thing is you can still just jump a second time after you hit the (metal) net. You might twist an ankle or whatever and I guess the thinking is it'll make you second guess yourself but I'd hate to be an SF taxpayer seeing money wasted on this crap.

 

[aneurysm]

unrelated but if you took an ant and somehow manage to thrit from, say, the Golden Gate Bridge, would it live?

I've read that the Golden Gate Bridge is the most popular suicide location in the world.

No wonder it's also in America

 

[Final Escape]

I think they're like halfway through or some shit, keeps getting delayed. The dumb thing is you can still just jump a second time after you hit the (metal) net. You might twist an ankle or whatever and I guess the thinking is it'll make you second guess yourself but I'd hate to be an SF taxpayer seeing money wasted on this crap.

It's like why not torture u a little more lol! Sadists

 

[yeahwellso]

The dumb thing is you can still just jump a second time after you hit the (metal) net. You might twist an ankle or whatever and I guess the thinking is it'll make you second guess yourself

You can, but you won't. It's not just "the thinking", it's an empirically observed fact. Survivors of jumping very often report instant regret when they're in free fall. Nothing about their life situation has changed, but the extremity and finality of being seconds away from what seems like certain death changes their perspective.

I'd hate to be an SF taxpayer seeing money wasted on this crap.

It's not a given that it's "wasted". Body recovery costs a lot of money, looking for missing persons costs a lot of money. Etc.

A lot of suicides are impulsively initiated by people who ultimately don't want to do it. That's part of why suicide nets are probably effective – despair causes cognitive disability: sufferers fixate on some salient method, and when that method is merely made slightly more inconvenient by barriers, they act like it's impossible to go through with it. It isn't, though. If they have any clarity of mind, they'll be aware that hanging is available to all able-bodied people at absolutely all times.

 

[SuicidallyCurious]

You can, but you won't. It's not just "the thinking", it's an empirically observed fact. Survivors of jumping very often report instant regret when they're in free fall. Nothing about their life situation has changed, but the extremity and finality of being seconds away from what seems like certain death changes their perspective.

It's not a given that it's "wasted". Body recovery costs a lot of money, looking for missing persons costs a lot of money. Etc.

A lot of suicides are impulsively initiated by people who ultimately don't want to do it. That's part of why suicide nets are probably effective – despair causes cognitive disability: sufferers fixate on some salient method, and when that method is merely made slightly more inconvenient by barriers, they act like it's impossible to go through with it. It isn't, though. If they have any clarity of mind, they'll be aware that hanging is available to all able-bodied people at absolutely all times.

I definitely agree with this poster. Unless the US legal system changes they are always going to try to go after those bodies and that will cause problems.

now of course it's a huge waste to install them everywhere but In these high profile spots I agree with nets despite being pro choice. I'm a fan of private CTB methods - i plan to do it in private or in a location so remote it won't be found. I generally think it's ethical that people try to keep their CTB from interfering with life for those after. I make exceptions for people who do murder suicide or murder with reasonable expectation they will be shot or executed - for example the dude that assassinated the Austrian archduke in World War I. That guy princip was a hero and the only shame was he didn't wipe out the entire royal family including women and children. Anyone who just absolutely annihilates tyrant monarchies and expects suicide by cop is chill with me

one thought I have about suicide nets is it really reflects poorly on the society that has to install them. I've seen them installed in certain high rise buildings that were considered pricey or luxury and thought that is really nuts

 

[DeadButDreaming]

unrelated but if you took an ant and somehow manage to thrit from, say, the Golden Gate Bridge, would it live?

Only one way to find out.....

 

[aneurysm]

Only one way to find out.....

pretend that you are doing a scientific experiment and jump along lol

 

[Latios]

Hmm, apparently (or should I say apparantly, kek) people have thought about similar questions:

If you drop an ant from the top of the Empire State Building, will it die?

Answer (1 of 7): Average ant mass is 1 to 5 mg. Lets take the high end, 5 milligrams or .000005 kg. Terminal velocity of an ant, according to research by UIUC physics (I-L-L!) is 6.4 km/h. The kinetic energy of the ant at the time of impact is E = .5*m*v^2 or .5(.000005 kg)(1.7778 m/s)^2 = 7.9014...

www.quora.com

We solved the mystery of what will happen when an ant falls from the Empire State Building

We did it you guys, we solved the mystery through teamwork and friendship

www.theverge.com

So it seems it won't die even when dropped from the Empire State Building.

 

[Mentalmick]

unrelated but if you took an ant and somehow manage to thrit from, say, the Golden Gate Bridge, would it live?

I don't think an ant can gain terminal velocity can it? I suppose it might drown.

 

[Neowise]

How do you even die when you jump into water? Is the speed fast enough to kill you on impact? I never understood how that works.

Ants survive high drops because they are very light compared to their volume. Their body just floats down like a feather.

 

[Mentalmick]

How do you even die when you jump into water? Is the speed fast enough to kill you on impact? I never understood how that works.

Ants survive high drops because they are very light compared to their volume. Their body just floats down like a feather.

When you hit it at the correct speed the water can't get out of the way quick enough so it's like hitting concrete.

 

[BeanyBoo]

I'm not sure if it's ok to post the article link here. It said the safety net planned for the San Francisco bridge will be in place by 2023.

 

[xBrialesana]

I'm not sure if it's ok to post the article link here. It said the safety net planned for the San Francisco bridge will be in place by 2023.

I keep trying to find up to date info. Feel like I'll have to drive up to see the actual progress. Thank you

 

[motel rooms]

Survivors of jumping very often report instant regret when they're in free fall. Nothing about their life situation has changed, but the extremity and finality of being seconds away from what seems like certain death changes their perspective.

A lot of suicides are impulsively initiated by people who ultimately don't want to do it.

The fact that unsuccessful jumpers "often report instant regret when they're in free fall" doesn't necessarily mean that they ultimately didn't want to die. That "regret" is not a deep, permanent change of perspective; it's called primitive animalistic fear/SI kicking in, & it happens even when the person is extremely determined to ctb