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A bank I used to go to had an escalator and for like 3 months it was roped off with an out of order sign on it. It was bullshit.
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An escalator that can never brake isn't that scary, they don't go that fast anyway.
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Push El Burrito posted:A bank I used to go to had an escalator and for like 3 months it was roped off with an out of order sign on it. It was bullshit. Sometimes parts are scarce. My building has two elevators, and one broke. Parts either needed to be shipped from somewhere far away or were on back order. So for about a month I always had to tell people to get the gently caress out of the way because my pad is on the ground floor right outside the elevators. And there was always a line up.
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Ambassadorofsodomy posted:Sometimes parts are scarce. No the problem is that it's roped off. You don't need the escalator to be running, you can just walk up it like stairs. But not if it's roped off! (I assume and hope there is a valid safety reason they don't let people walk up escalators that are turned off, but it does seem very silly whenever I see it)
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I would think for an escalator to be 100% safe for use while not running it needs some kind of parking brake to make sure it doesn't turn into a runaway treadmill, which could also be a thing that breaks.
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Lord Hawking posted:
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Splode posted:No the problem is that it's roped off. You don't need the escalator to be running, you can just walk up it like stairs. But not if it's roped off!
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Platystemon posted:I’m surprised that the tooling even lets them make it asymmetric. Yeah I'm amazed whatever equipment they used let them do this. Or that no one noticed or cared about the machine going "ca-chunk! ca-chunk!" as the off-centered piece was bored.
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Wifi Toilet posted:An escalator that can never brake isn't that scary, they don't go that fast anyway. Looks pretty fast to me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE2Lv-t9BHk
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Alkydere posted:Yeah I'm amazed whatever equipment they used let them do this. Or that no one noticed or cared about the machine going "ca-chunk! ca-chunk!" as the off-centered piece was bored. It probably started on-center and wandered. Explains why they miss by kilometers.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Catatouille trailer lookin' good.
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Splode posted:No the problem is that it's roped off. You don't need the escalator to be running, you can just walk up it like stairs. But not if it's roped off! Escalators seem to be frequently not running at my closest metro station, and they aren't cordoned off unless someone is actively working on them. Don't know if they are some sort of heavy duty escalators though, seeing how they are the only way down to the metro level. Escalator steps are a real pita to walk up if not running when you are short, the steps are juuust that much higher than normal steps.
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At first I thought the guard beams didn’t come down in front of the truck, but no, they’re down. Truck just wanted to go fast. This is also a good video to demonstrate how long it takes a train to stop. That poor conductor, how do you trust an intersection after that? I would have to immediately classify anyone who pulls in front of the train as suicidally stupid and just hope they were alone in the vehicle LawfulWaffle fucked around with this message at 14:11 on Jul 25, 2022 |
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Perhaps an extra barrier that can be lowered in the turn-left-lane would be the solution to this problem. If there's only a relatively small light, and because of the half barrier right across the crossing, i can kinda imagine that if you aren't paying 100% attention (let's be real, that's a lot of people on the road) that you miss the light and miss the barrier on the right side of the crossing. It is a known risk of barriers that close off only half of the crossing. Double barriers would prevent these accidents, but could perhaps cause people to feel trapped within the barriers because they don't know those barriers can be broken away easily with the force of a car, or just pushed upwards if it's a certain type. The safest crossing is no crossing at all. My municipality is gonna invest a couple tens of millions to get rid of a very busy (4 car lanes, cycle lane, pedestrian path, and 6 to 8 trains per hour in each direction) railroad crossing and build a tunnel. It's not trivial, because every last bit of land around the train tracks is developed either with factories, houses, or the train station itself (which has a cycle/pedestrian tunnel already). In my whole city there are only 2 level crossings. All the rest is done with cycle/pedestrian tunnels or viaducts for cars. LimaBiker fucked around with this message at 14:21 on Jul 25, 2022 |
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Howdy folks! So we're going through and looking to reboot older, still fairly active threads. Would you all be ok with rebooting this one since the OP is about three years old? If so, can someone kindly make a new OP and get that started? Thank you!
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LimaBiker posted:Perhaps an extra barrier that can be lowered in the turn-left-lane would be the solution to this problem. I never understand people making excuses for terrible drivers. You could spend $1 million on an inpenetrable fortress and some idiot would still find a way to pull out in front of a train. As they say, there's no fixing stupid.
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I don't mind as long as there is a final post with a link to the new thread! (I've wondered why random threads hadn't updated in weeks only to find out they were closed and there's a new one and I'm dozens of posts behind because there was no final post)
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Uthor posted:I don't mind as long as there is a final post with a link to the new thread! I'll make sure/edit in that there's a new thread and add the link in for people to go to
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ChesterJT posted:I never understand people making excuses for terrible drivers. You could spend $1 million on an inpenetrable fortress and some idiot would still find a way to pull out in front of a train. As they say, there's no fixing stupid. There's indeed no fixing stupid, which is why the railways are trying to get rid of as many level crossings as possible and tries to make those that exist safer. They are inherently dangerous, even in a country where getting a driver's license costs 2000 euro and takes 30 to 40 hours of training with a professional instructor it goes wrong occasionally. Sometimes it's just some kid going to school, afraid to be late, trying to beat the train and failing. It might be stupid, but it's still a human life, and it doesn't just suck for the kid - the whole railway has to be closed off for half a day, meaning thousands of people can't get to work/get home. If you're particularly unlucky, the train might derail too. That happened a while back when a light commuter train hit a lorry on a level crossing.  Might be stupid from the truck driver, still a thing that has consequences that stretch further than just a damaged truck. Several people in the train were injured, no idea what happened to the truck driver. Also no idea if it was preventable. Sometimes flatbed trailers get stuck on the crossing because of a too low ground clearance.  Also happens to bigger American trains btw. This was also a collision with a truck (i assume a semi) and 3 people died. Extra safety is a good thing. Being callous about obvious risks that can be reduced is not a great character trait. LimaBiker fucked around with this message at 14:32 on Jul 25, 2022 |
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Every time I get something in my eye and have to blink it away all I can think is that it's getting jammed in under and around my eyeball now. Thanks thread.
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There's a "high speed" (just 90 MPH) rail line in my state where all the crossings have gates on both sides that completely block the road so no one can think about driving around them. They even have baby gates to block the sidewalks. Probably not a bad idea when you have to accommodate Florida Man.
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People gently caress up all the time, all day long. Most of the time, we get away with it. Don't let that lull you into thinking you won't make mistakes.
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Nobody has ever "hosed up" and accidentally driven into oncoming traffic to go around the gate at a railway crossing. Having a second gate on the other side is only safer because it puts additional inconvenience on someone who is dumb enough to choose to try and beat the train. Anyone have that video of the cyclist who goes to great lengths to pull his bike past a double gate only to have the train come by a fraction of a second before he would have been squarely in front of it?
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Cat Hatter posted:Nobody has ever "hosed up" and accidentally driven into oncoming traffic to go around the gate at a railway crossing. Having a second gate on the other side is only safer because it puts additional inconvenience on someone who is dumb enough to choose to try and beat the train. Is that the one where after the train takes his bike away, he throws his hand in an " Oh, COME ON!" gesture?
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The hairs behind eyes story is bullshit, your eye is not some free-floating marble in a socket. There's a protective layer called conjunctiva over the white of your eye, and it prevents objects from getting in behind (and probably other functions, ianad).
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Leandros posted:The hairs behind eyes story is bullshit, your eye is not some free-floating marble in a socket. There's a protective layer called conjunctiva over the white of your eye, and it prevents objects from getting in behind (and probably other functions, ianad). Look at this guy who doesn’t want us to use our built in stash box. So far, thanks to this thread, I’ve managed to fit three corn nuts behind my eyes. Can’t wait til snack time.
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Leandros posted:The hairs behind eyes story is bullshit, your eye is not some free-floating marble in a socket. There's a protective layer called conjunctiva over the white of your eye, and it prevents objects from getting in behind (and probably other functions, ianad). Yeah and sometimes eyelashes go under my eyelid and I rub a bunch and then they disappear without coming out. Maybe they're in my tear ducts, that would explain the strange confetti explosions from my eyes when a dog dies in a movie.
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Leandros posted:The hairs behind eyes story is bullshit, your eye is not some free-floating marble in a socket. There's a protective layer called conjunctiva over the white of your eye, and it prevents objects from getting in behind (and probably other functions, ianad). And yet, strange things happen UK surgeon finds 27 missing contact lenses in woman’s eye 
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Leandros posted:The hairs behind eyes story is bullshit, your eye is not some free-floating marble in a socket. There's a protective layer called conjunctiva over the white of your eye, and it prevents objects from getting in behind (and probably other functions, ianad). Yeah sure buddy. That's just what your parents told you to stop you from sticking things back in there. I have some other news for you too: Santa Claus isn't real
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:And yet, strange things happen They were globbed together just under the upper eyelid, not behind the eye. The conjunctiva folds into the eyelid there.
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:And yet, strange things happen Those weren't behind her eye, they were stuck together under the lid.
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I often worried I had metal shavings behind my eyes from my redneck father's safety squint procedures when we worked on cars leading to countless instances of poo poo getting in your eyes and trying to blink it out. The first time i got an MRI they were like ".........it's probably fine" Very stressful minute or two waiting for my eyes to potentially explode
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Maybe that's where the hair is found then 
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Samuel L. Hacksaw posted:Yeah and sometimes eyelashes go under my eyelid and I rub a bunch and then they disappear without coming out. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cf7F2RGDV89/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Savage Paramedics post of an MRI showing what happens when you rub your eyes. Use extreme caution if you decide to scroll their page, vast majority of posts are not work/mind safe
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Son of Thunderbeast posted:Maybe that's where the hair is found then Hair is stored in the (eye)balls.
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