mesa@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhen Escalator Breaks, It Turns Stairsaartaka.meexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down110file-text
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minus-squareCocodapuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 hours agoSure. But if the brakes have not failed… Then it’s safe to use for a reasonable period of time.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoAnd how do you know that the brakes won’t fail?
minus-square18107@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoMultiple 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.
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 minutes agoAnd 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
Sure. But if the brakes have not failed… Then it’s safe to use for a reasonable period of time.
And how do you know that the brakes won’t fail?
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.
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