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Do We Need More Bridge Control?

Yet another suicide from a tall structure. We need to start a national conversation about bridge control, from Andrew Blankstein and John Horn, Los Angeles Times [1]:

“Top Gun” director Tony Scott jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro on Sunday afternoon. He was 68.

His body was pulled out of the water by Los Angeles Port Police, who were the first on the scene.

Several witnesses told police they saw Scott get out of his Toyota Prius, which was parked on the bridge, about 12:30 p.m. Then he scaled an 8- to 10-foot fence and jumped off without any hesitation, law enforcement sources said.

Bridges don’t cause deaths, people do.