open this link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/indonesia/9064248/Indonesias-new-bizarre-way-to-keep-rail-surfers-away-smelly-goop.html
"For anyone who is still up there, it'll be like a whip," said Ahmad Sujadi, of the state-run railway, PT Kereta Api Indonesia.
The contraptions will be installed at select crossings this week.
Indonesia has tried just about everything to keep passengers from clamouring atop trains that crisscross its main island of Java: spraying them with paint guns, calling in sniffer dogs, and asking for help from Muslim clerics.
The first tactic that worked was deployed last month.
Grapefruit-sized concrete balls were suspended on chains from a frame that looks like a soccer goal. "Rail surfers," realising they could be knocked in the head or even killed, quickly called it quits.
The concrete balls can only be suspended over non-electric tracks, but no rail-surfing deaths have occurred where they are in place.
Buoyed by that success, railway officials decided to try the brooms as well.
They'll be set up along the line linking the capital, Jakarta, and the West Java town of Bogor.
Sujadi, who didn't disclose the ingredients of the smelly goop, said he was unaffected by criticism for all the strange and strict security measures.
"Some people say its inhumane, but that's fine," he said. "Because letting them ride on the roofs is even more inhumane."
Hundreds have clamored to the roofs in the past because they want to escape overcrowded carriages, can't afford the price of a ticket, or, simply, for fun.
But dozens are killed or injured every year, falling off the train or being electrocuted by the power lines above.
I'm serious, I can't say anything but "I see this everyday mom, and it's usually like this in rush hour and in the morning," than I can't give any comments.
Gosh, I'm embarrassed, this is one of our problem in Jakarta and the metro area, but people just being ignorant and selfish, even about their own safety (that also can make other people's safety endangered too). It's not my capacity to fix it though, I'm not a transportation nor metropolitan expert, but I always try to shout this problem, for example via this 'train saga' thing. I love Jabodetabek trains, I really do, tapi kalo cerita ketidakdisiplinan manusia Jabodetabek di kereta ekonomi udah sampe internasional gini, seriously, kita harus gerak buat sesuatu men, atau nama big old city Jakarta ini bakal jelek, internationally
Mau gak sih, kalo perspektif orang sini tentang Jakarta, especially its transportation, is as ugly as this?
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