Originally Posted by FBinNY

I hate to come off like the cold hearted Bastrd that I am, but this is sort of ridiculous.

Of course if/when a fence is installed and folks can't jump off the bridge, the proponents will point to all the lives saved.

But do we really believe that the suicidal are so dumb as to be stymied? Will they walk out onto the bridge, see the fence and say to themselves "Oh damn, It's not going to be this easy, I guess I'll go on living"

Let's get real, someone may be suicidal, but that doesn't make them so dumb that they can't or won't find another high place, or another method entirely.

All this does is move the problem. For all we know, if denied the opportunity to jump into the river, someone may opt to jump off a building, and might hit some poor fool walking on the sidewalk below.

On a side note, this shutdown could be scheduled much better, by pushing it back into November when use of the walk drops naturally.