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scooter elevator death

2010-10-07 17:04:58.795226+00 by Dan Lyke 5 comments

Normally I wouldn't post something this banal, but in light of Monday's entry about fire departments and protecting people from themselves and the previous Monday's note about the owner of Segway driving a scooter off a cliff here's...

...this video of a guy on a scooter getting frustrated with missing the elevator and ramming the doors 'til they give way and he plunges to what I assume is his death. Here's the DarwinAwards.com entry on the event which, eventually, links to this video of a Korean news report that includes the incident and two other links in Korean: First, Second.

[ related topics: moron Segway/Ginger/IT Video ]

comments in descending chronological order (reverse):

#Comment Re: made: 2010-10-08 14:51:57.363226+00 by: petronius

30 years ago in the Chicago housing projects elevator doors broken at the bottom were a leading cause of deadly falls. It was alleged that the local gangbangers disabled the elevators so they could set up ambuses on the stairwells. The repairmen would not enter the buildings without police protection.

#Comment Re: made: 2010-10-08 02:55:57.119226+00 by: TheSHAD0W

I'm pretty sure that's what the guy in the chair thought too. He was angry and wanting to do property damage, and on that last run the doors presented no resistance, letting him overrun right into the shaft.

#Comment Re: made: 2010-10-08 02:16:28.403226+00 by: ebradway

The way the bottom of the doors just flipped open surprised me. If I hadn't read the post before watching the video, I would have expected the scooter to just keep bouncing off the doors.

#Comment Re: made: 2010-10-08 02:05:57.531226+00 by: Dan Lyke

I've never tried to lift one of those scooters, but they're full of lead-acid batteries. So you've got some guy using a 150+ lb chunk of metal as a battering ram. I think there's probably 15-20 seconds of disbelief, and then you start thinking about calling the police for property damage, and at that point the guy's managed to knock the doors off and is over the edge.

So, yeah, I could imagine it taking me that long to start to react. And when I did it wouldn't be to stop him unless I had a weapon or lever to protect myself. I'd want to secure the area and call in the property owners so they could decide if they wanted to call the cops.

#Comment Re: made: 2010-10-08 01:14:19.751226+00 by: jeff

It appeared that there were bystanders (in the reflection from the elevator doors) standing around doing nothing to prevent this after the first attempt?