The handrail moves faster than the escalator on purpose. It's designed to make you pay attention and avoid a fall.
if properly calibrated, the handrail pulls you forward when going up, away from the fall behind, and it pulls you backwards when going down, away from the fall in front of you.
Wow. I’ve always noticed that and never thought about why. Love this info. Thank you 🙏🏻
this has to be the most autistic thing I have ever read on Nostr 😂
I had noticed that the calibration differed from one escalator to the other and wondered why they were not mechanically linked to be in sync. Now I know. Can't simply mechanically link if the relative up speed needs to be slower than down.
Of course they can be mechanically linked. Ya know gears in a gear box rotate at different speeds too.
nostr:nprofile1qqs0wgf8etnayvkcs4c636fdvepy73jc9q2xlcln64srjdm5e98p8ncpr4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucn4d3kxjumgvfhh2mn50yhxxmmdqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnwdaehgu3wvfskueqdt4yrq is this true?
Didn’t know that. You deserve a ⚡️
I have heard that they try to keep it at around 2% difference so that you barely notice …
