While rewatching Die Hard this evening, for the nth Christmas time, I suddenly wondered about all US Elevators – though I call them lifts here in the UK – having a stop button. I’ve seen this button in numerous films and TV shows over-my-lifetime and this has always left an itch. This can’t be safe, just having the ability to bring the buildings fastest mode of transport to a grinding halt. At my place of work, if someone wanted to bring an elevator/lift to a stop, they’d need an engineers key and a bloody good reason.
So, do all American Elevators have a stop button, or is this just a useful plot device?
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r/NoStupidQuestions While rewatching Die Hard this evening, for the nth Christmas time, I suddenly wondered about all US Elevators – though I call them lifts here in the UK – having a stop button. I’ve seen this button in numerous films and TV shows over-my-lifetime and this has always left an itch. This can’t be safe, just having the ability to bring the buildings fastest mode of transport to a grinding halt. At my place of work, if someone wanted to bring an elevator/lift to a stop, they’d need an engineers key and a bloody good reason. So, do all American Elevators have a stop button, or is this just a useful plot device? submitted by /u/Villordsutch [link] [comments]
While rewatching Die Hard this evening, for the nth Christmas time, I suddenly wondered about all US Elevators – though I call them lifts here in the UK – having a stop button. I’ve seen this button in numerous films and TV shows over-my-lifetime and this has always left an itch. This can’t be safe, just having the ability to bring the buildings fastest mode of transport to a grinding halt. At my place of work, if someone wanted to bring an elevator/lift to a stop, they’d need an engineers key and a bloody good reason.
So, do all American Elevators have a stop button, or is this just a useful plot device?
submitted by /u/Villordsutch
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