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Root's Words of Wisdom: Elevators

Published 24 September 07 03:40 PM | root 

If you are ever in the situation where the elevator--that one that you ride up and down every day at work--happens to have it's line break and the emergency breaks don't kick in... and you suddenly go into a free fall... lay down flat (face down) against the center of the floor. If you have coworkers, shove them out of the way. Your life is more precious.

This will ensure your maximum survival. Similar to walking on an icy pond, your weight is being distributed across your entire body surface, instead of just on your feet (where your body will crumple on impact).

Another elevator tip: Hit the floor you wish to go to and "Close Door" at the same time. Depending on the elevator's programing, you will go straight to your floor without pause (even if someone hits the button). It's a hidden override. Great for when you are in Japan in those 300 story buildings.

 

Till next time users,

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Root

Comments

# Blog Picks said on September 25, 2007 2:01 AM:

Root’s Words of Wisdom: Elevators If you are trapped in the elevators, how to maximize the survival chance...

# Aedion said on September 25, 2007 9:15 AM:

how about jumping before impact?

# root said on September 25, 2007 9:33 AM:

The odds of that actually working is so astronomical it's funny. I think Mythbusters addressed that.

# Jammie056 said on September 25, 2007 8:47 PM:

Ya I saw that on myth busters too  I belived they proved that jumping before impact is a totally useless gesture   LOL   Thanks for the tips Root   keep it up.  Its not the fall that kills you it is the sudden stop <Grin> Every day above ground is a good day! It turns out the grass really is greener on this side  !!!

# TFJ said on September 26, 2007 10:56 AM:

Nice tips -- I thought it was really funny when you said to push your coworkers out of the way!

# root said on September 26, 2007 11:20 AM:

I try |o.O|

Next RWOW: THAT coworker

# LasVegasRich said on October 31, 2007 6:39 AM:

I want to meet the guy who could, in a free-falling elevator, time his jump to precisely coincide with the cab bottoming out.

The physics of lying flat on the floor makes sense, however if Miss Fiji Islands- who would dress out at a svelte 250 pounds- should happen to land on your back...

I dunno, but I suspect that if one knew of all of the redundancy in elevator safety devices, he'd not give it much thought.

# PROACEX1 said on November 1, 2007 8:02 PM:

Why does this seem to resemble Popular Mechanic's back page from a long time ago...Rofl...

Respectfully,

PROACEX1

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