Sometimes I don't know if people are trolling or not

[conuly]

Amtrak dramatically changed its policies on unaccompanied minors, Lenore Skenazy talked about it in an editorial (and on FRK), and she got a reply back that reads, basically:

"I went on a train once, and OMG it was a train! People get on and off! So it's totally not safe for kids, and I don't know why on earth terrorists haven't attacked Amtrak yet."

Of course, the unaccompanied minor program on Amtrak appears to be different from similar programs on planes - sounds like they really are unaccompanied, not "accompanied by an employee".

Comments

[janewilliams20.livejournal.com]

The first time I went on a train journey alone (put on by parents, met at the other end by grandparents), I was about seven. It was about a hundred miles, no changes, and yes, I managed my own suitcase.

Bus to school and back, 10 miles, alone, from 11 onwards. How else was I going to get there?

Going into London alone (30 miles or so, bus, change, other bus, change, use Tube all day, return by same route), I'd have been about 13. We didn't have mobile phones, of course, and if some strange person approached me with evil intent, I was expected to handle it.

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah. Didn't you hear? Al-Qaeda were going to hijack a train and drive it into a barn.