Corrected entry: When Gordon and other cops are exiled from Gotham, they step onto the thin ice and start to walk. Any cop would have learned at the academy that you can greatly diminish your chances of falling through the ice by lying down and crawling, distributing your weight.
zeptimius
18th Aug 2012
Correction: Keep in mind, there were men with guns watching them. The idea was to kill them, so they probably weren't given that option.
Brad ★
They were probably smart enough to know that if they didn't walk, Bane's men would've shot them anyway.