Doesn't that loud piercing sound bother you???
FROM THE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY...the MTA recently put up large red signs and red tape on the emergency exit/service doors that are present at every subway entrance. These doors either serve as service entrances when a station agent is on duty (for handicapped persons or mothers pushing baby strollers) or as emergency exits (for unmanned stations). When the MTA put up the red signs they also installed loud piercing sirens on the doors. The siren goes off when a customer pushes the door open instead of a station agent remotely unlocking the door. The stated reason for the alarm is to alert MTA employees when there is an emergency and when someone is exiting--due to an emergent situation. You could also assume the sirens are in place to deter people from using the exits in cases of non-emergency. Well, do you think that stops people? Particularly at the Canal Street station people push through the door (and activate the loud, annoying, piercing alarm) rather than use the force to push through the exit turnstile. People have become so inconsiderate to their fellow riders that some stations have disabled the alarm because it goes off so often. The obvious solution is not to turn off the alarms, but to not use the gates unless it is an emergency or it is opened for you by a police officer or an MTA employee.
posted by NYJustice @ 11:04 AM
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