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Yeah exactly this. If you know all the exits are safe, then evenly splitting up is best. But I reckon in situations like this, most of the time you don't know a
by blablablerg 6y ago
Yeah exactly this. If you know all the exits are safe, then evenly splitting up is best. But I reckon in situations like this, most of the time you don't know and then following the rest seems like the best strategy to me.
- macintux 6y agoI attended some emergency training a couple of years ago, and the instructor drove home one point in particular: always identify the exits when you’re in an unfamiliar building.
- DennisP 6y agoIt seems like the best strategy because you figure other people know something you don't know. But since they always pick just one exit, that's not a valid conclusion. Since the crowd behaves the same way whether they picked the best exit or a random one, you have no idea whether it's the best way out, but you do know it has added risk of delay and trampling.
- thaumasiotes 6y agoThe broom closet scenario isn't really possible; if the door isn't an exit, it won't have the big EXIT sign over it.