Why do you see it as terrifying? It's easier to fall on stairs than hurt yourself in a Paternoster.
If you can, try to ride one, it's an interesting excursion in efficiency that once was.
>> The construction of new paternosters is no longer allowed in many countries because of the high risk of accident for people who cannot use the lift properly. In 2012, an 81-year-old man was killed when he fell into the shaft of a paternoster in the Dutch city of The Hague. Elderly people, disabled people, and children are the most in danger of being crushed or losing a limb.
Generally if a country bans it due to safety, it could be pretty terrifying to use it.
Human-driven cars should also be banned due to an even higher risk.
If you don't trust yourself to follow the guidelines, just take the stairs, but don't deprive others of the lack of waiting for an elevator.
There is a reason bureaucracy like(s/d) it.
Those things are absolutely amazing in busy buildings like universities. Where you have an extreme throughput in short intervals. I studied in a 15 story building and even with 4 big elevators you had to wait forever during rush time.
Here you can see one working in the Goethe University in Frankfurt. Sadly, now you need a "drivers license" to ride the damn thing and are only allowed to use it alone.
https://youtu.be/zFikKlHHCbw?t=20
Ski lifts are more dangerous.
edit: used to* apparently after they were made fun of by extra3 they got rid of the paternoster police and drivers licenses.
Exactly, I rode the one at the University of Leicester a few years ago, and it was a fun experience. Would definitely recommend! It's easy to see how you could injure yourself if you were to do stupid things, but completely safe when used normally.
I've wanted to try out a paternoster for years since I found out about them. There's something very appealing to me about about the efficiency of them both in terms of space and the amount of people they can move simultaneously. It's like being halfway between an escalator and an elevator.
If you find yourself in Prague, Czechia’s second largest city Brno is an easy day trip away by train. Next to the train station is the main post office. Inside the main entrance, imediately to the right, is a paternoster (at least as of this summer). It was fun.
I live close to the tower and was really positively surprised how it turned out. Often, an architect's "vision" is far from what it ends up looking, but since this tower got its cladding, it looks spectacular - especially when the sun is low in the early morning or evening hours.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 50.0 ms ] thread>> The construction of new paternosters is no longer allowed in many countries because of the high risk of accident for people who cannot use the lift properly. In 2012, an 81-year-old man was killed when he fell into the shaft of a paternoster in the Dutch city of The Hague. Elderly people, disabled people, and children are the most in danger of being crushed or losing a limb.
Generally if a country bans it due to safety, it could be pretty terrifying to use it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster
Those things are absolutely amazing in busy buildings like universities. Where you have an extreme throughput in short intervals. I studied in a 15 story building and even with 4 big elevators you had to wait forever during rush time.
Here you can see one working in the Goethe University in Frankfurt. Sadly, now you need a "drivers license" to ride the damn thing and are only allowed to use it alone. https://youtu.be/zFikKlHHCbw?t=20
Ski lifts are more dangerous.
edit: used to* apparently after they were made fun of by extra3 they got rid of the paternoster police and drivers licenses.
https://goo.gl/maps/txNY4VB7Pfz
Is that the right one?
https://youtu.be/kdTsbFS4xmI
I live close to the tower and was really positively surprised how it turned out. Often, an architect's "vision" is far from what it ends up looking, but since this tower got its cladding, it looks spectacular - especially when the sun is low in the early morning or evening hours.
Has some decent shots that show what it looks like finished, when viewed from Rottweil, and the conference rooms (!) contained within.
First link I google'd up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGRMY-9a-tw