Not at all, IMO. I did a little bit of reasoning after reading this thread (I fucking love paternosters), and thought that any measure you could take to improv

Not at all, IMO. I did a little bit of reasoning after reading this thread (I fucking love paternosters), and thought that any measure you could take to improve the safety or efficiency would likely have a detrimental effect. For example, if you did decouple the carriages at the floors, then there would be a period of accelleration where embarkment would be much more dangerous. People would still attempt to jump onto the carriages during this phase, because we can't avoid people being people. I know for sure I'd take that risk. I think the way they're run now (slow and steady) is ideal, and investing heavily in sensors so they can stop and restart quickly elevates this. Overengineered solutions about coupling and (god help us) doors will probably solve a couple of minor issues and create a few new major ones.