Tywais Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I was on a rare visit to Kad Suan Kaew to get a xmas present, yes I'm a last minute shopper. Just stepped on a down escalator when it just suddenly stopped. There was some commotion at the bottom and saw a non-Thai family with two kids. At first I thought one of them hit the stop button playing around but saw one kid hopping around and had a terrible thought of another news story in the making. Began walking down the escalator with everyone else and looked around for a security guard for assistance. Nearly at the end I saw a small tennis shoe wedged between the wall of the escalator and the escalator track and a security guard meandering over to see what the fuss was about. Kid was hopping around on one foot, but he was intact. I asked the family if he was ok and they laughed and said he was. Apparently there must be a safety feature in the escalator that detects a jam or this could have been quite serious. Ever since that terrible accident in Bangkok where the young girl got her head caught between the escalator and the wall signs have been put on all escalators not to allow unaccompanied children on them. Just a heads up to be watchful of your kids when riding them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 I guess that's why the thais stand still on them. We walk up & down, slalom style around the stationary locals. Living on the edge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 The parents laughed about it ! regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 The parents laughed about it ! regards Worgeordie I would say a bit of a nervous laugh really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangmai Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 The signs in the west say something like "grab child's hand on escalator." I've noticed some herds of fat farang families at KSK over the last few days. They really need to leash the children. Some idiot let his little brat shine a laser pointer right in my eyes, while I was sitting at a bar on MM. I still regret not breaking the father's arm, and holding the kid's head in the moat water until he became very familiar with Jesus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberfarang Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 When 12 years old, I was traveling on the London Underground, arrived at Mansion House station and stepped foot on the downward escalator or moving stairs as I called them as a kid. Made of wood in those days. There was a man in front of me wearing a suit and bowler hat holding a briefcase, probably an office worker. This was during the 1960s. Then the man began to wobble and suddenly collapsed, he fell down the whole flight of the escalator ending up as a heap at the bottom with the escalator still moving. I ran down to look at the man then a crowd of people gathered around him. He looked like he was dead, maybe a heart attack or something. Station staff moved us out of the way. Never forgot that terrible scene, especially as a kid. I`ve had a fear of escalators ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FolkGuitar Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I recently read a report concerning the safety of soft shoes vs escalators. It seems that several styles of soft rubber/plastic shoes are able to get squeezed down by the weight of the wearer and trapped between the moving belt of the stairs and the side-wall of the escalator. Keep your feet (and your children's feet) towards the center of the step for safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rawhod Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Since seeing the video of the Chinese lady disappear down with the escalator mechanism, I always test the integrity of the steel coverplate at the bottom or top of the escalator with my foot before stepping on to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PostmanPat Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 A couple of years ago a young man in Nottingham lost two or three toes from a faulty escalator. As he reached the top, part of the metal guard rail beneath which the escalator moves was missing, he wasnt paying attention and his foot literally went into the mechanics of the thing. Ouch! He was badly injured, the escalator in question is now a staircase and the company who owned the escalator ( a small shopping mall) was prosecuted and very heavily fined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 In China an unfortunate lady got cut in half this year. Thank God this kid only lost a tennis shoe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true blue Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 moving experience,that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trujillo Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I don't believe anyone was "cut in half" by an escalator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpkt8 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Ladies wearing long skirts gotta be careful as well. My skirt was once caught into the escalator edge. Quickly pulled out real hard, couldn't be bothered if it was torn. Close shave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpkt8 Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 When 12 years old, I was traveling on the London Underground, arrived at Mansion House station and stepped foot on the downward escalator or moving stairs as I called them as a kid. Made of wood in those days. There was a man in front of me wearing a suit and bowler hat holding a briefcase, probably an office worker. This was during the 1960s. Then the man began to wobble and suddenly collapsed, he fell down the whole flight of the escalator ending up as a heap at the bottom with the escalator still moving. I ran down to look at the man then a crowd of people gathered around him. He looked like he was dead, maybe a heart attack or something. Station staff moved us out of the way. Never forgot that terrible scene, especially as a kid. I`ve had a fear of escalators ever since. Witnessed my Grandmother fell down the whole flight of escalator 30 years ago. Luckily she didn't died from the fall. But since then I have to hold on to the escalator handrail whenever I'm onto one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 (edited) I don't believe anyone was "cut in half" by an escalator. http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/27/china/chinese-mother-killed-escalator/ "Two other mall employees try to drag Xiang out, but within a few seconds, she disappears through the hole into the escalator shaft. Despite a four-hour rescue operation at the upscale AZG Mall in central China, firefighters declared Xiang dead when they finally cut the escalator open and found her body Sunday afternoon, state media reported." Edited December 25, 2015 by LannaGuy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trujillo Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Yeah, I saw that. Where does it say the woman was "cut in half"? This is how misinformation is spread via the internet, which is never wrong.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyL Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I've read where many more people are injured/killed in escalator accidents than in elevator (lift) accidents every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank James Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 This was a grim thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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