Despite the infamous McDonald’s verdict back in 1994 that resulted in coffee cups emblazoned with “extremely hot” warnings, about a billion of the steaming beverages are bought each year. And, yes, sometimes people do burn their tongues. Meanwhile, more than half a million people board the LIRR and Metro North each weekday, and despite the conductor’s warnings and the signs that indicate the gap, some unlucky still ones fall in. Last Wednesday, a State Department of Transportation report revealed that there is no link between the number of gap falls and the width of the gaps—blaming overcrowding instead. Nevertheless, the state’s Public Transportation Safety Board issued its own report saying that the railroad must increase public awareness about gap dangers and should use more signs, pamphlets and announcements to save commuters from embarrassment, injury or worse. But the city could border the gap with naked women and some lemmings might still have trouble noticing it. Like the obvious “hot coffee” warning, the only thing more gap signs will keep safe is the railroad—by reducing its liability.