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in the European Union, nowadays, it is required to have a safeguard for "shooting up" as well[0]. If I recall correctly for quite some time it wasn't though. My Father who works in the elevator industry told me that in the GDR (German Democratic Republic) it was already mandatory but after reunification for some years Germany had more lax regulations til catching up again.

[0] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CEL... (See Annex I , 3.2)



Some horrible looking things here in Europe, like the Paternoster:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgJBD1wf-YQ


Or the elevators without an interior door: https://webshop.flinks.se/Img/105/96/1059669l.jpg


Most freight elevators are like that, though. So while that's a slightly horrifying diagram, a lot of people will have experiences what it's like being in on.


They generally have a light curtain to stop the lift if you go too near the door and such lifts usually move quite slowly.


Oh wow, that diagram...


I also like the word, "Klämrisk"...

(In German, there's the word "klemmen" = to tuck, get stuck, get trapped, get caught; presumably it's a cognate. So, the above presumably is a Swedish word for "the risk of getting stuck and squeezed".)


My uni had one of those (still does I think?). They're actually not that bad. Look far scarier than they are in reality.


Which weirdly, are illegal to build but can just happily stay in operation


Not weird at all, I'd wager close to every five year old or more car would be illegal so sell new...




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