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>> four other passengers are treated for minor injuries. but could these accidents have been stopped sooner? true or false? pushing the emergency stop button is the best way to halt a runaway escalator. the answer is false. the problem is a sudden accelerating escalator is. often caused when the gears detach from the gearbox. >> there's a stop at each end which stops the motor, but if the escalator equipment has become disconnected from the drive, the button is not going to do anything. >> you see escalators are more than just moving stairs. they are multi-ton moving machines that should be tr...

I still remember very clearly after hearing that sound the escalator started to speed up followed by a real sense of horror that actually we were accelerating. . >> is there even time to react? >> you're a father with young kids on a runaway escalator. what split second decision should you make? a, grab your kids and jump over the side railing. b, grab hold of the handrail and your kids and ride it to the bottom. or c, grab your kids and run back up to the top. in this case, going against the flow is a no-go as runaway escalators follow gravity down. >> the speed is great enough in a runaway s...

I still remember very clearly after hearing that sound the escalator started to speed up followed a real sense that we a suddenly accelerating. >> you're a father with young kids on a runaway escalator. what split second decision should you make? a, grab your kids and jump over the side railing. b, grab hold of the handrail and your kids and ride it to the bottom. or: run back up the escalator to the top. in this case, going against the flow is a no-go as runaway escalators follow gravity down. >> the speed of the equipment is great enough in a runaway situation that you really can't run up th...

>> four other passengers are treated for minor injuries. but could these accidents have been stopped sooner? true or false? pushing the emergency stop button is the best way to halt a runaway escalator. the answer is false. the problem is a sudden accelerating escalator is what often what happens when the belt of the stairs detach from the conveyor belt. >> there's a stop at each end which stops the motor, but if the escalator equipment has become disconnected from the drive, the button is not going to do anything. >> you see escalators are more than just moving stairs. they're machines that s...