A steel net stretched 20 feet below the Golden Gate Bridge's pedestrian walkways to catch jumpers before they hit the water has emerged as the most popular design idea for a suicide barrier.
According to an unscientific online poll commissioned by the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District to gauge public reaction to five design options for a suicide barrier, almost 75 percent of the 1,600 respondents are opposed to any being built at all. But of the design options, the net seems to be the most preferred. The Golden Gate Bridge is the most common place to commit suicide and they are trying to put an end to this.