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Conventional closing-doors elevators are just absurdly safe, even stairs (moving or non-moving) are more dangerous. People die around elevators when climbing on
by zeotroph 6y ago
Conventional closing-doors elevators are just absurdly safe, even stairs (moving or non-moving) are more dangerous. People die around elevators when climbing onto the roof when it gets stuck or forcing the doors open instead of staying put. Once it gets moving again bad things can happen.
But as hinted at in the safety section, with modern sensors and some brains behind them paternoster can be made safe. You can even make them wheelchair accessible by gradually stopping a cabin and informing all other passengers about that.
And when a department in a large and busy office building is spread across a few floors then a paternoster is the most efficient way of moving between floors.
- throwawayboise 6y ago> Conventional closing-doors elevators are just absurdly safe, even stairs (moving or non-moving) are more dangerous. I used this argument when my workplace was encouraging people to "take the stairs" for supposed health reasons. It was rejected because science and statistics are only accepted when they support one's desired conclusions.
- Symbiote 6y agoThe health improvements might outweigh the risk of injury from falling on the stairs. This is the case for cycling vs driving to work in at least some cities.