4 ms·

What happens?

• riskable 10y ago
  Best case: "I don't seem to be making any progress going up." Worst case: "This is moving down way too fast! Aaaahhhhh!!!" -screamed by hundreds of people, many of which will die as they pile up at the bottom of the escalator. Now imagine the brakes failing on an escalator that leads down into a subway with an electrified rail.
  • scandox 10y ago
    You've really upset my lunch break
• DrJokepu 10y ago
  The weight of your body will set the escalator in motion and it will keep accelerating. As you approach the bottom end at ever increasing speeds you will have a few moments to contemplate on what a mistake it was to not take physics class in high school. Once you reach the end of the line your journey will end in a rather unpleasant manner due to the high velocity. You could get injured very seriously or even killed.
  • sitkack 10y ago
    Sounds like a gravity powered human rail-gun.
    • hiddenkrypt 10y ago
      That describes a playground slide.
• joshstrange 10y ago
  This [0] is the first thing that comes to mind. IIRC the elevator had an OOO sign on it but this women went on it anyways. [0] NSFL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcpjOIH7bG4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcpjOIH7bG4