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Users’ fault on using escalators

An article on Channel News Asia commenting the unsafe ways where many escalator users were using prams on it, despite notices that warn of the dangers.

Compass One general manager Sharon Tan commented:

“It should be about self-discipline and how safely we want our journey to be. And hopefully, our shoppers can inculcate the value of safe use of escalators.”

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/cnainsider/almost-accident-day-singapore-escalators-reasons-why-prams-11639410

As a parent, I used prams regularly to bring my children around. It is often inconvenient to use lift for a number of reasons, including inconveniently-placed lifts. Putting the fault on the users is a convenient way of shifting responsibility.

A more effective way is to design pram-friendly escalators. One feature of such escalators is to have lower escalator steps, like some escalators I saw in Japan airports that allow travellers to use carts on them.

The problem with shifting responsibility is that there will not be improvements, because the implemented solutions, such as placing signs, do not actually solve the problem.

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