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How easily these can be used by people with disabilities? Someone in a wheelchair or on crutches who can't move fast enough would be frustrated or, at worst, se
by jadell 9y ago
How easily these can be used by people with disabilities? Someone in a wheelchair or on crutches who can't move fast enough would be frustrated or, at worst, seriously injured by one of these.
- majewsky 9y agoI believe this is the reason why, at least in Germany, no new paternosters are allowed to be constructed, and existing paternosters are usually converted to conventional elevators during renovations.
- sannee 9y agoThe (admittedly just two) places I have seen had a "normal" elevator for this purpose.
- jjuhl 9y agoWhy is that relevant? Of course they cannot safely be used by such people - they'll just have to use something else - like stairs or regular elevators.
- mikeash 9y agoWhy is that not relevant? Accommodation for disabilities is an important purpose of most elevators, and it's a reasonable question to ask.
- etblg 9y agoLet me just hop up all those stairs in a wheelchair
- InclinedPlane 9y ago"Like stairs." Did you take the time to put any thought into that? Also, jamming multiple elevator shafts into a building is usually non-trivial. If you have to choose between a paternoster and a regular elevator you will always pick a regular elevator because it helps people with movement disabilities (among other reasons).
- userbinator 9y agoThe same applies to escalators (which are, if you think about it, simply a less extreme version of a paternoster.)
- FreeFull 9y agoTypically buildings with escalators will also have elevators too though, explicitly to allow for people who won't/can't use the escalator.
- makomk 9y agoTypically buildings with paternosters will also have elevators too, the paternoster just decreases the total amount of floor area that has to be used ferrying people up and down. In the one I saw, the elevator was literally on the wall opposite the paternoster. Disabled people aren't the only ones who can't use paternosters; they're also unsuitable for moving bulky or heavy items between floors.