The Paternoster: Europe's Doorless Elevator 

Agreed! My school’s library needs one of these

so are stairs though...

​@@TheKewlPersonstairs take up so much room though

What if someone is an elderly? Or slow motion ?

@@orangecookie3132 Not spiral stairs.

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@@dilllinrhatigan6126 no it doesn’t

you die immediately

you come out 1000 years later which felt like just a snap for you but it was 1000 years for everyone else

In Slovakia a few government buildings have them too

Exactly, I grew up with paternoster and I fear normal elevators because they are always suddenly stopping and the doors close and what if they never open its freaky

normal elevators have smarter and safer designs, theres a reason germany banned these types in the 70s

Man was killed by one of these yesterday

Instead you can just get stuck between the lift and the top of the door.

@@DanCronin-r9b point proven

I assume you step out on the next floor and ride one floor down

They go sideways when they reach the top or the bottom. Not dangerous to go all the way up or down. People have tried it on youtube .

Imagine tripping and getting resident eviled

There is actually smart design implemented. Like when you’re going up and there’s the bottom of the next floor you could loose a foot. Right? Wrong because the bottom of the next floor is hinged and would tilt upwards if you really hat your foot in it. I love them so much.

No one was hurt

@@duderespect5211 I think she’s talking about someone being hurt in the history of its existence

From 1970-1993 5 people did die from it

@@kamasammohana9697 Ooh … yikes … I just HAD to ask, didn’t I?

People have died in them and that's why there was a ban on building new ones in Germany in the 70s. I saw these in The Omen recently, the part where they go to the old hospital that burned down, and was so confused at what I was seeing I had to google it! They are super interesting, I would like to try one some day honestly.

There are bars to sense when someone doesn't make it on that actually stop the cycle

You are right about your fear.

It’s called natural selection and was quite useful.

Probably how these things got their name.

You could say the same thing about any type of transportation that we use today but just like all of the Modern Day forms of transportation that we use this has safety measures put in place to make it as safe as possible (which is much safer than what meets the eye)!

​@itslexi_ yeah but what if you trip and the bar doesn't stop it. Or you trip and your head or arm doesn't trigger the saftey bar

Nothing will happen

Yes. On the wheelchair, you have to use a regular elevator which is always nearby. But healthy people use the paternoster so your waiting time is a lot shorter.

I used to work at an airport, and I used to stand still on the travelators to waste time. 😁

No its not. There are measures in place to make it safe for people who take more time to get on.

A back pack could be easily trapped in a modern elevator as well but in both it would likely be spotted by a sensor or bump the stop switch (which is the equivalent to the doors of modern elevators hitting something and reopening) Edit: and if it somehow DIDNT stop there is an emergency stop switch in each car

Yes. While the elevator is turned on, it is continuous, like an escalator.

What kind of elevator doesn't allow access for disabled people? You couldn't use this if you were in a wheelchair or even a cane because you would be too slow. This design is stupid for the modern world.

@@X-2357-GandalfTheGreen there should be a regular lift there too. Disabled people can't use stairs or (in some cases also) escalators, but they still exist and we (mostly) provide a lift there as well

by idiots do you mean disabled people who could easily be trapped and killed in this contraption

Escalators don’t cut people in half.

"As dangerous as an escalator" escalators don't crush you if you take an extra second to get on or off

Yup, most accidents happen when people try to bring things with them in the lift. We humans are way to stupid nowadays for paternosters.

Can you imagine

It's extremely unsafe. How many people were crushed i'd like to know.

a paternoster is only unsafe if the public misuse it

None. They have safety guards and switches. The whole thing stops if someone is stupid enough to stick a body part in the wrong place.

zero

Not dangerous at all. If he would hit the top barrier, there is a switch and the lift would immediately stop.

It's more efficient than an elevator unless the elevator generates electricity when the car descends.

Yes, it does.

Well only if people think irrationally and don't recognize that it was just one drunk dummy by low chance. But, hey, that's what's popular these days. One shooting in a 300 mil. country leads to "ban guns"! When in reality the gun fatality rate is lower than the estimated COVID vaccine rate. And yes one wrong doesn't excuse another, and the COVID vaccine saves lives while guns are mostly pointless imo, but I still think banning guns is another wrong. If people can't think in proportion we'll eventually ban hot coffee b/c some joker was going quickly and spilt it on something! and it happens with everything, guns, drones, bikes, etc. etc. etc.

Not really any different to an escalator - you can stop the limbs being wrenched off problem with sensors that will automatically stop the lift

​@@grassytramtracks But these things don't even have them so they are just stupid and annoying. Dangerous especially for children.

@@alexvergara1487 You are wrong, there ARE safety switches. I have seen them several times being activated, the lift stops immediately.

No, Americans don't have the same common sense as Europeans.

​@@MrOrthopedia if you trip over or fall unconscious due to an health issue you lose a leg or arm or you die. The old paternoster elevators are just very unsafe. Maybe some are updated to new safety standards with sensors and things.

@@MrOrthopedia except modern american elevators are smarter and safer in almost every way and actually accommodate disabled people

@@circleinforthecube5170 Almost all lifts are modern in Europe too. These lifts are not built anymore and are only used in old government buildings and such places where most people don't have access anyway. But these lifts were the better solution back in the day where safety regulations were lighter.

Paternosters still around WILL NOT decapitate you (they are not LIKELY to anyway, just like Modern Elevators they can make mistakes). They have sensors (Just like modren day elevators do) to tell if someone is only half way on or off the car and they will stop accordingly!