There is usually 2 stop buttons, and then keyholes to re-start it (which you have to empty the staircase to do safely)
You can clearly see no one hit the stop button at the bottom.
Standardly when you lift the handle to press the emergency stop button you hear an buzzer like sound, much like a shot clock at a basketball game going off. If they didn't hear that noise, it likely wasn't a person who stopped it, but rather the escalator stopping because it thought something got stuck, or there was a malfunction.
Source: first job was a movie theater on the second floor of these things called malls that used to exist. Used to have to start/stop them and deal with kids lifting the lever to think about pressing the emergency stop, but the buzz noise would usually sway them from doing so
At least the ones we had have safety measures built into them, they may not catch everything but if you jump onto the escalator with two feet and slam your weight down, they would stop because they were built to assume the inconsistency was a possible fall.
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LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 26 pts · 352d
There is usually 2 stop buttons, and then keyholes to re-start it (which you have to empty the staircase to do safely)
You can clearly see no one hit the stop button at the bottom.
Standardly when you lift the handle to press the emergency stop button you hear an buzzer like sound, much like a shot clock at a basketball game going off. If they didn't hear that noise, it likely wasn't a person who stopped it, but rather the escalator stopping because it thought something got stuck, or there was a malfunction.
Source: first job was a movie theater on the second floor of these things called malls that used to exist. Used to have to start/stop them and deal with kids lifting the lever to think about pressing the emergency stop, but the buzz noise would usually sway them from doing so
TomViolence@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 352d
"Too long; didn't read; accused radical left."
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 352d
I assume there are circuit breakers in a maintenance room somewhere.
13igTyme@piefed.social · 2 pts · 352d
Escalators don't stop if a person gets stuck, unfortunately. It actually pushes harder because it thinks there's a heavy load on top.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 352d
At least the ones we had have safety measures built into them, they may not catch everything but if you jump onto the escalator with two feet and slam your weight down, they would stop because they were built to assume the inconsistency was a possible fall.
TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 352d
That's what she said?
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 352d
Maybe they have connected escalators now.?
Figlizard@thelemmy.club · 9 pts · 352d
I'm going going with, his fat ass stepped on and the escalator said "Nah bro, GTFO"
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 352d
Interesting but what about the Epstein files?
DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 352d
Must've been a radical left escalator.