require to keep the Riffian - raff off the roof of your sheeny new commuter train train ? Do what Indonesia ’s state railroad did and just sweep the short bastards off with a broom made of suspended concrete balls . call up to duck .
PT Kereta Api Indonesia , the country ’s state of matter railroad company recently annunciate that it will be installing barricade call Goal Bola - bolas ( “ Goal Balls ” ) along its occupation to deter riders from train surfing — riding on the roof of the car rather than in it . A Goal Bola - bola consists of a serial of heavy , grapefruit - sized concrete ball suspended from chains attach to an overhead bar what looks like a soccer goal . The devices are being put in at the entrances and exit of legion stations to agitate the offending surfer off the roof while the train is still travelling at a sane amphetamine .
concord to a spokesman for the railway , the balls are being installed because bewilder riders off by manus proved both clock time - consuming and uneffective . The only thing miss is a prerecorded GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL that play every sentence someone gets smacked off a caravan . [ The Jakarta Post ]
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