达卡铁轨上的“耳机行人”

达卡铁轨上的“耳机行人”

A TOTAL of 535 people have been killed since 2010 after being hit by trains while wearing headphones on tracks in and around the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, police said yesterday.

警方昨日表示，自2010年以来，孟加拉国首都达卡及周边地区共有535人戴着耳机在铁轨上被火车撞死。

The mostly unfenced railways of the South Asian country of 165 million people are notoriously dangerous, with around 1,000 fatal accidents or suicides every year.

在这个拥有1.65亿人口的南亚国家，几乎没有铁路栏杆的铁路是出了名的危险，每年约有1000起致命事故或自杀事件。

But police said in recent years “headphone walkers” have become a new menace as people walk on tracks listening to music or talking on mobile phones using earphones.

但警方表示，近年来，“耳机步行者”已成为一种新的威胁，因为人们在铁轨上走路时听音乐或用耳机打电话。

“Walking on railway tracks and putting on headphones is banned in the country. Still, a lot of people ignore the ban and are killed by trains,” Dhaka rail police chief Yeasin Faroque Mozumder said.

“国家明令禁止人们在铁轨上行走和戴耳机。然而，很多人无视禁令，被火车撞死。”

Fatalities hit a record high in 2014 when 109 people died. Numbers have declined since thanks to an awareness campaign, but police said 54 people were still killed in this way last year.

2014年，109人死亡，死亡人数创历史新高。虽然经过广泛宣传，死亡人数有所下降，但警方表示，去年仍有54人死于这种方式。

Morshed Alam, the deputy railway police chief, said they have held awareness rallies and processions, distributing leaflets and warning people with loudhailers.

铁路警察局副局长马尔希德·阿拉姆(MorshedAlam)说，他们举行了宣传集会和游行，散发传单，并用扩音器警告人们。

“But people still walk on the tracks as if they are unaware of the fatal consequences,” he said.

“但人们仍然走在铁轨上，好像他们没有意识到致命的后果，”他说。

Hundreds of thousands of slum dwellers also live on land next to railway tracks in shacks made of tarpaulin and bamboo. Many makeshift food stalls are also dangerously close.

成千上万的贫民窟居民也住在铁路旁边的用防水布和竹子搭建的棚屋里。许多临时食品摊也很危险。

Alam said it is “impossible” to secure the tracks unless people cooperate with them.

阿拉姆说，如果人们不配合，要确保铁轨安全是“不可能”的。