I had never seen one of these before today. They’re great. Way better than reaching for a single pole in a crowded car and wrapping your hand around some stranger’s fingers. And If you have the whole thing to yourself you can hook your arm through it.
Well now how am I supposed to enjoy the sensation of someone else’s sweaty hand sliding down the pole to slowly touch mine while they remain oblivious of the entire situation?
We’re not oblivious ;)
On the other hand you can solidly grope all the bums because you have such a firm grip on the pole.
Wording.
Are we not doing “phrasing” anymore?
Okay I have a crazy radical idea that is going to disrupt the entire pole industry:
4-sided poles.
Now bodies touch each other instead of just hands.
Don’t put your arm through it. Just don’t. OSHA does not approve putting your arm between metal bars on anything moving.
Yeah, they’re pretty common on newer train cars.
Also, obligatory San Francisco BART picture.
In the métro in Lyon the bar are similar too:
They’re common all over Europe.
Cool idea, but hooking your arm through it looks like a great way to break said arm if you stop fast.
Trains like this don’t decelerate that quickly when you pull the emergency break. If they did, you’d have injuries from standing, not being buckled, not having headrests, etc.
So don’t do that…
Sea-tac?
I think it’s Denver. I could be wrong though.
Denver was my guess too. I vaguely remember these when I visit my home town.
Definitely Denver. The train is approaching
Toot te toot tey too
Bonus: You should be able to put a hook around the bottom to hold your bag/umbrella. Someone measure the diameter of the pole so we can start making 3D printed hooks for this purpose!
Bonus: You should be able to put a hook around the bottom to hold your bag/umbrella.
Or yourself!
This is how you get hooked on 3D printing 👍
