I’ve never understood why people feel the need to stand at the edge of the platform. Is it really that important to crowd the door while people are exiting the train?
Nothing good can come of that.
Well, you can’t be thrown under the train while people are exiting. You have to be thrown under when the train is oncoming. I’m always amazed at people who stand on the yellow line. I usually stand near an iron pole, far in the back, and keep an eye out for nuts.
My mother was thrown off a platform in the 1940s. She was saved by other commuters.
I’m also scared of being too close...precisely because some idiot could push me over the edge...either by accident or intentionally. But I suppose if I lived in NYC and rode every day, I would get complacent.