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Hydraulics are actually less safe then most elevators. The point of this video is to test the pit buffer not to show that this is what would happen

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There are multiple fail safes on an elevator and in the shaft that prevent an elevator from free falling at an uncontrollable rate of speed. In the event of a fall the emergency braking system instantly grips the cables tightly and a pin goes into the rails to stop any further movement , the elevator emergency brakes can't be manually controlled through a test ride because those work automatically and only function when system detects when there's movement in the car when there shouldn't be such as when people are entering and leaving the elevator.

I work on high speed elevator in business centers's buildings. "Parachute" system (emergency stop if the cabin overspeeds without control) is made to stop the cabin in a calculated way, so it will not kill you, but at best it will break your legs and may cause spine injuries. But these accidents are really really rare. However, it happened to a collegue 3 years ago on a brand new elevator travelling at 7m/s. The elevator engaged the parachute emergency stop, making it go from 7m/s to 0 in less than 50cm of traveling distance. He got his 2 legs broken and spine got damaged also. He is still recovering and not working anymore.

@@fizzyafm5141 would lying down flat on the elevator floor in such an event prevent any serious injury? Or would that introduce potential trauma to the head from the floor during impact?

@@wallflower15875 I guess that yes, laying down on your back with your head down to the ground would avoid you knees/spine injuries. But if you're caught on a cabin catching the pararuche system, you won't have time to realise it that the cabin would've stoped already. Again, this type of emergency is extremely rare. Elevators are still the safest means of transportation, even safer than planes.

@@fizzyafm5141 Aircraft are one of the least safe methods of transport, right up there with cycling and motorbikes. The air travel industry just makes it look safer by comparing accident rates per miles travelled, instead of the apples to apples comparison of accidents per journey.

​@DepakoteMeister if you want to go for example from LA to NY, flying is indeed the safest option. If you want to go to your local grocery store, walking is usually the safest option, followed by driving. It is very difficult to find a trip between cities that is safer to drive than to fly.

"We've have crashed. Anyways, going up"

Yes

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Engineer?

@@josepimentel1666 The ones that develope these elevators are working very hard in order to make it secure. That´s what he tried to say :)

@@SSHEINI82736 that sound much better 😅

Some people my uncle made a elavator it's in my uncle's house it crashed Manny times

@@josepimentel1666 so who built those thing? God?