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'Tis better to be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
As you likely are unaware, common sense is the most uncommon of all. I'll leave the analysis to legal experts in our country.
If you had done any serious reading about this and/or other cases, you wouldn't be bothering everyone else with your "common sense". You would also experience some cognitive dissonance and perhaps question your own beliefs. As with most folks, they'd rather be "right" than to ever admit being wrong.
Good luck. You're gonna need it...
You may find it surprising how many people are just like you. Have you read what you espouse? How do you extricate yourself from your own paintings? (Ah, but you never do, right?)
Thanks for the good luck wish, I have found after 70+ years of life, career, and retirement they are always worth collecting. All those wishes piled end to end make a wonderful life even as I now look from the short end.
There are two types of safety switches involving elevator doors. The first is the old style catch edge. This is a rail that drops before the door starts closing. If this rail is pushed back into the elevator door then the doors should open. The second is a photo sensor. You break an invisible beam and the doors automatically open. These doors should also have a pressure switch that senses a certain amount of resistance on the doors and begin opening the doors again. Even if any of the above fails, the elevator should not run with the doors open. There is a door interlock switch that must be engaged to complete the circuit for the elevator to run.
At our hospital we test these things every month and are supported by our supervisors when we shut one down when we find a safety violation. Some buildings don't perform such routine checks nor do they contract with certified elevator service companies. Instead they rely on the building's general maintenance people to make repairs. This is very dangerous because of the complexity of elevator safety systems. Some people find it easier to just bypass the safety circuits instead of fixing the problem. Fixing the problem isn't easy because the problem could be one of any number of relays or even dirty contacts at any of the floors. An elevator mechanic can identify which relay is bad and replace or clean the part instead of bypassing a safety.
Every month we ride the elevators to every floor going up and down, test the door safety switch, test emergency telephone, make note of any burnt lights, and ensure it stops within a quarter inch of level with the floors. We also feel for any unusual vibration or noise. I've shut down an elevator because a door safety didn't work and because it made a hard vibration when moving. We contact a contractor for repairs right away.
Horrific. Luckily the hospitals where my wife gave birth via C-section the operating rooms were on the same floor as the recovery rooms.
This. I gave birth via c-section late last year and they just wheeled me down the hall to my room. That poor woman. Got to be a horrifying way to die.
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