From CNN.com: Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) — Indonesia has long fought a losing battle against commuters who stubbornly ride on train roofs to beat the rush hour. But railway officials say they have found the perfect deterrent, concrete balls, suspended on chains from a steel frame, just 25 cm or 10 inches, above any passing train. Dubbed “Goal Balls”, they are about 10 cm or 4 inches in diameter and are painted silver. Twenty four, a dozen on each side, are suspended from a frame that looks like a soccer goal. It’s all well and good that Indonesia is trying to get rid of those roof-riding freeloaders, but those wimpy little silver balls just aren’t going to scare people off. The authorities should try something a little more medieval. 
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From CNN.com:

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) — Indonesia has long fought a losing battle against commuters who stubbornly ride on train roofs to beat the rush hour. But railway officials say they have found the perfect deterrent, concrete balls, suspended on chains from a steel frame, just 25 cm or 10 inches, above any passing train.

Dubbed “Goal Balls”, they are about 10 cm or 4 inches in diameter and are painted silver. Twenty four, a dozen on each side, are suspended from a frame that looks like a soccer goal.

It’s all well and good that Indonesia is trying to get rid of those roof-riding freeloaders, but those wimpy little silver balls just aren’t going to scare people off. The authorities should try something a little more medieval. 

Source: CNN

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