Automated Escalator

[sanoj275]

I have theese in my country. Sweden.

[Grrmiaouw]

In Europe they're all like that :-/

[TheSuckerOfTheWorld]

So what's so special about these? They are standard in germany for escalators that don't need to run all the time. There's a preasure plate on the floor before the escalator that starts it. It even counts how many people are using it at a time so it shuts down soon after the last one left. They can even go in the other direction after they stopped

[legeek08]

Yep !

[MrV1C7OR]

The future, my friend . . .

[LegoMovieMan44]

But what if your in a high speed movie chase???

[VioIentGoIdFish]

@LegoMovieMan44 thats when you use your jetpack!

[LegoMovieMan44]

American guy: Looks at escalator, AW MAN! THEY'RE BROKEN AGAIN!!!

EVERYDAY I COME HERE AND ITS BROKEN!!!

*Sees guy filming video, walks forward escalators move.*

OH........these escalators are RACIST!!!

Japanese guy: Its a sensor you idiot...

[SangheiliFemFatale]

@LegoMovieMan44 Lmao!

[ElectronicHackz]

We have those escalators guys. For example, the ones at Pearson International Airport slow down to a speed of a turtle when nobody is using it and then once you pass the sensors, it speeds up. This technology is not new. Its just that we don't see elevators that start from a stop very often. Besides, it takes more electricity to get the elevator started from a complete stop versus a slow speed.

[Garyankan]

What's so cool about it?

[MARI06OO]

fuck why dose the us have to be so behind with tecnology aor stuff was in japan like 30 years ago >:(

[Stolemyusename]

I don't get it, what's the difference??

[zeroxmultikill]

it has a censor but normal escalators are also AUTOMATIC!

[qwrasw]

these are common in europe too.

[Ultimatepanzer]

Only the Japanese...

[AnyScar]

nice laughter

[devhook23]

fucking japanese. they have everything.

[FlubbyChannel]

never seen something like this?

[Jens1503]

why not make a movie about paint drying, just as common as these escalators are in europe pal.

[ChaseAndTrinity]

@Jens1503 In the US, they dont have escalators that do that. So, its kinda cool to people who dont like in Europe or Asia.

[jordinyc]

NYC Subway escalators are supposed to do that to save energy but every single one is only (a) running 24/7 or (b) turned off and everyone just walks up it like stairs.

[KiKPNN]

I thought this was standard?

[ralphfirst]

there is the same in paris france when i was in the airport there

[fedders4]

No that is a power saver!

[PyrimidKingJindai]

If there are one escalator, its should be like that

[Deiparous]

All escelators should have this, think of the energy it would save.

[ABigOneLikeDaddys]

Automated or automatically-start escalator?

Automated, would relate to the difference between the two types, the difference doesn't need to be 'automated' merely automatic-start.

When lights go off or come on in the office, they aren't automated, they are just sensor lights.

The device is not mechanical, it is only an electronic thing with no moving parts.

Likewise the escalator in Japan, there is no motor, the only motor is the orthopedic action of the person

Cheers.

from,

del-boy.

[YouAreQuiteRight]

@ABigOneLikeDaddys

Dear Dragon,

Note, Wikipedia:

Sensor switch: In automatic-start/stop escalators, this sensor automatically engages the escalator motion when a rider is detected on the first step of the entrance landing platform, and stops the escalator when there are no riders on the unit.

[18Max95]

Here in Germany automated Escelators are standart.

[Cinnamontwistable]

WOOOW! ITS SOOO AMAZING!

lol. its even in denmark.. -.-'

[Moltenfreak]

these escalators =.= are most of all in the netherlands. kinda annoying. ;p because it can go up and down. when you want to take the it some one else already stepped on it =.=

[BPhoenixProductions]

That's pretty awesome.

[bobbydog1990]

These automated escalators are found all over my school in Singapore

[carlylecastle]

YEP.

[flame623]

i just got back from japan like 2 weeks ago and those were everywhere they r so cool id stay on them and they would stop!

[marshan3q]

energy saver

[nrdesign1991]

we have those since decades in germany

[MoilAndToil]

@nrdesign1991 Dear Nils,

That may be so, it is also decades that we have waited for YOU to post a picture of the German escalators.

.

Note, were the decades-old escalators situated in the former 'Eastern Germany'?

or were you just meaning that they were in West germany and not in Germany as it is now, which is to say that there were no such escalators in Eastern Germany even in the last sevearal decades, only by comparison, they existed in Japan (to the far east of all Germany).

Or not?

[nrdesign1991]

@MoilAndToil Well, I've known those since i first rode an underground train, which may have been around 1995, I asked my mom how those escalators know when people are on them and she replied that there's a sensor. I later asked when those energy saving escalators were introduced and she said "long ago". I've also seen ancient escalators in station entrances no longer used which don't have the pole with the 2 lights on them. I think I was talking about former West germany as i always lived there

[MoilAndToil]

@nrdesign1991 Thanks for your response.

Cheers

from,

del-boy

[LAHS08]

creepy laugh!

lmao

[jasonyeozhishen]

this is old. .

[NOS1000]

lol thats also normal in germany. we have here also Escalator who can change the direction. when u want to go up the Escalator will do it. when u want to go down it will to do it

[Whateverworksforyt]

this is like at every airport

[DanielEmsden]

This should be implimented to all escalators, it would save millions in electricity prices...

[nrdesign1991]

We have those since at least 4 decades here in Germany. They're mostly at metro stations or the higher stories of bildings like malls or parking lots

[leungxp]

in my university, escalators can automatically slow down or stopped to save energy

[IAmNotAFunguy]

Escaltors in the USA do that too. Some stop completly like that and others just slow down.

[VaportrailFilms]

That's actually a really good idea.

[killman369547]

that's sweet

[dLuca25]

in berlin many escalators in subway stations are working like that :D

[crazzer123]

His laugh end was the beginning of a diabolical laughter hell bent on destroying the earth.

[dragonalpha]

Dammit! Nobody was supposed to find out. Now you must be dealt with...;)

[crazzer123]

I would like to see this happen as it occurs. I'll pick front row seats.

[Yazdmich]

@dragonalpha not if i get to you first *hehehehehe* >:)

[lich1717]

that was scary D:

[crazzer123]

That's what i thought. The earth will be his.

[Streetcar1743]

That is quite neat to have an escalator that automatically shuts off when the last person gets off. Very seldom do we find stuff like that in the U.S. Great for struggling transit systems that are low on money.

[ChristianSalumbides]

that is so much cool!! I wanna go to Japan!! Where in the world do u find those?? Tell me for example: those escalaters are at the mall in Japan.

[dragonalpha]

Thanks for the suggestion. Updated the video description on the right hand side. Hopefully that helps.

[lich1717]

Cool! and what yep at 0:02 -_-?

[dragonalpha]

Good question! Throughout my trip, I was taping all sorts of things I thought were cool (the automated toilet seat in my vid collection was another example). This was yet another.

[LyokoTravels]

cool

[metalmanga]

u rly think thats cool? :P we got it in all shooping markets here in sweden :P nothing special rly goes faster to walk the stairs Xd

[McKIllaG5]

But if you can run up stairs then you can run up an escalator twice as fast.

[bronzeonion]

there great arnt they! because my mum is japanese we go over there once every 2 years and we stay around her aunts house and there local train stations has one of these, lol I tried walking up the down one and a alarm went off

[LemonInYourEye]

cool

[bluebug412]

EXTREME!

[alpaljl]

I went to Italy for a vacation, and saw this.