Are you safe to travel on public transport?

Train passenger beaten by youths
Are we safe to travel on public transport.

What do you think?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7334566.stm

where were the british rail (or whoever) staff?

there seems to be a real thuggish mentality amongst some youth and they are just bullies acting in a mob

i daresay we will find out about the problems they have had in their pasts that make them behave like wild things

as for travelling on trains? the last time i travelled on a teain in the UK it was disgusting - filthy filthy filthy
(virgin from watford to birmingham) and that was in 2003

i would rather use my car .....i'd feel safer, cleaner and i'd hopefully not get too many delays (apart from traffic jams) .....sorry

It doesn't feel any safer on this side of the pond.
I stopped taking public transit after being followed off a bus and being hassled by three teens for money.
I'd had all sorts of other things before but that sliced it for me.
Go green is great but you have to be able to survive it.

just make sure to use the "buddy system"

I use public transportation every day. I've been doing this off and on for 30 years and nothing has ever happened to me. I worked for many years in a very bad part of town and had to sit on bus benches late at night. The worst thing that happened was some kids who threw eggs at us. They missed.

you are not safe anywhere anymore.

If you had a gun you could blow the punks brains out. What kind of parents do these kids have?

You are in more danger walking down a dark alley then on a train.

not with the bus company around here

Hi CT,

To be honest I don't feel safe on any public transport, not any more and if I can't walk, I drive. I feel safe in my own car and would prefer to take my chances with the road. It certainly doesn't instill any hope for using public transport, does it???