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Unread 04-01-2007, 15:19   #12
MrX
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Just because it's on a TGV doesn't mean that they're a good design either.

The doors should pick up the fact that there's something blocking them and open. It's very dangerous otherwise, particularly if the door's likely to crack as a result. Someone could end up cut or otherwise injured by glass.

If they cause an injury there will be law suits. This is one of the most litigious countries on earth, lest we forget!

Also from a mobility impared person's point of view, it could be very nasty if you were moving slowly through the door in your wheelchair or on a walking frame and it decided to slowly crush you because you were in its path.

The design is indefensible.

It should operate like a lift door, i.e. with beams at the edge of the door frame that if broken will prevent the door mechanism from closing.
Pressure-based systems are usually useless.

Last edited by MrX : 04-01-2007 at 15:23.
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