▲ 51 ▼ When Escalator Breaks, It Turns Stairs (aartaka.me) submitted 6 months ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments We need resilient systems that fall back to sanity when broken / discriminating. And not whatever.
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 point 5 months ago (3 children) And how do you know that the brakes won't fail? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] 18107@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) Multiple independent braking systems and adequate maintenance. A single failure may cause the escalator to stop working, but it takes 3 failures in a row to make it catastrophic. Regular maintenance catches this failures before 3 in a row can occur. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago And that regular maintenance has been put off before, causing instances of mass injuries. My entire point here is that their insistence on laypeople going "eh, it'll be fine" and using a broken escalator is stupid permalink fedilink source parent [–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* If you're afraid of this kind of thing, then don't use escalators when they aren't moving, that's fine. According to a quick Google search, there are 2-3 escalator related deaths per year in the US. That's not just counting malfunctioning escalators, it also counts morons doing dumb things on escalators (and "within the US" includes every Florida Man out there). You can worry about this if you like worrying, but it's probably not worth it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 18107@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) Multiple independent braking systems and adequate maintenance. A single failure may cause the escalator to stop working, but it takes 3 failures in a row to make it catastrophic. Regular maintenance catches this failures before 3 in a row can occur. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago And that regular maintenance has been put off before, causing instances of mass injuries. My entire point here is that their insistence on laypeople going "eh, it'll be fine" and using a broken escalator is stupid permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago And that regular maintenance has been put off before, causing instances of mass injuries. My entire point here is that their insistence on laypeople going "eh, it'll be fine" and using a broken escalator is stupid permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* If you're afraid of this kind of thing, then don't use escalators when they aren't moving, that's fine. According to a quick Google search, there are 2-3 escalator related deaths per year in the US. That's not just counting malfunctioning escalators, it also counts morons doing dumb things on escalators (and "within the US" includes every Florida Man out there). You can worry about this if you like worrying, but it's probably not worth it. permalink fedilink source parent