Might think twice about being lazy..

[njchopper87]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LttC_...layer_embedded

Grisly security camera footage of a woman being beheaded in a packed elevator has prompted yet more safety concerns about China’s rapidly rising cities.

The elevator, installed in a Shenzhen office building, beheaded a nurse as she attempted to get off:

In response to the incident, authorities have promised to inspect the city’s 100,000 elevators – although their promise to have it done in only 15 days may give some pause.

Aside from the cool and almost unimpressed reaction of the other passengers, this being China much attention has centred on the unknown maker of the elevator – and whilst it may be reassuring to blame China quality manufacture or maintenance, the small cartel of transnational companies which make most of the world’s elevators have a less than perfect safety record.

NSFW source http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2013/0...beheads-woman/

I generally take the stairs anyway, but this just ups the anxiety factor.

[Particle Man]

Holy fuck

[goof2]

Jesus, that's crazy!

With zero factual basis I'd bet more people die on the stairs than in elevators.

[fatbuckRTO]

Originally Posted by goof2

Jesus, that's crazy!

With zero factual basis I'd bet more people die on the stairs than in elevators.

Tripping and falling? Not to mention that, in any emergency, elevators shut down and any deaths that will happen in transit, happen on stairs... I'd buy into that guess work. I'm sure someone somewhere has the numbers, but I'm too lazy to look.

[Rangerscott]

You can still be lazy taking stairs

[njchopper87]

Oh ya, there's no doubt in my mind that more people die using the stairs. I'm just astounded none of the safety features kicked in. It looks like the doors opened to let people on/off, but closed straight away and the elevator just started to move right along. If I do use the elevator now, then I'll feel like an ass as I shout "I'm sorry! I don't want to lose my arm!" to that guy running frantically toward the doors.

[defector]

The first 20 seconds or so made me think how long it's been since I had a chocolate donut.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by njchopper87

Oh ya, there's no doubt in my mind that more people die using the stairs. I'm just astounded none of the safety features kicked in. It looks like the doors opened to let people on/off, but closed straight away and the elevator just started to move right along. If I do use the elevator now, then I'll feel like an ass as I shout "I'm sorry! I don't want to lose my arm!" to that guy running frantically toward the doors.

You know, they make a button for that. Of course a person I worked with used to say he was holding the open button, all the while holding the close button...

[njchopper87]

Yeah, I thought about that as I was watching. Maybe by the time they comprehended what was going on they just went into shock. I find myself staring at the damn button all the time when I'm in an elevator and hope I never have to use the thing.

Oh, you meant the open button its self. I took that as emergency stop. I wonder if that would have made a difference. It looks like those doors were going to close no matter what anyone was going to do.