Paternoster: Eastern Europe's 'Elevator of Death'

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  • Опубликовано: 10 янв 2025

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  • @bigclivedotcom
    @bigclivedotcom 13 лет назад +333

    Paternosters usually have a safety trip wire at the top of the door frame so that any objects protruding at the top of the door frame will stop the machine. They have a much higher throughput than ordinary lifts because the next car is literally right after the last one. The cars do ride over the top and under the bottom while remaining vertical, so you can ride right round safely.

    • @noah321
      @noah321 6 лет назад +8

      bigclivedotcom wow now you’re famous

    • @Dalavine
      @Dalavine 6 лет назад +3

      Was wondering about that thank you!

    • @MrJonsonville5
      @MrJonsonville5 6 лет назад +1

      Says the guy who posts videos of himself being extremely stupid with electronics and electricity.

    • @wyn3214
      @wyn3214 6 лет назад +3

      Omfg this comment is from 6 years ago wth 😂

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 5 лет назад

      I suppose there's none on IOM.

  • @fgfg633
    @fgfg633 7 лет назад +509

    Five deaths in fifty years? Not that spectacular, and shockingly low for this type of death trap!

    • @MizantropMan
      @MizantropMan 5 лет назад +43

      We, slavs, are a strong race. Communism killed off most of the idiots. Those with strong self-preservation skills remain.

    • @SandraRegina-sm1wg
      @SandraRegina-sm1wg 5 лет назад

      They're not doing it right.

    • @Metalhead98793
      @Metalhead98793 4 года назад +1

      Patrick Cossack he clearly hasn’t seen the squatting vodka adidas Slavs

    • @ericosborne4122
      @ericosborne4122 4 года назад +2

      I imagine the death rate would likely be pretty low, compared to total injuries.

    • @spinony359
      @spinony359 4 года назад

      @@MizantropMan yeah yeah 🤣

  • @clawpro
    @clawpro 8 лет назад +2857

    I would not trust myself on this

    • @roshlouis8767
      @roshlouis8767 7 лет назад +113

      Oh I know that feeling. Like while standing on the balcony of a high building, I usually get this butterfly in my stomach urging me to jump.

    • @Ramog1000
      @Ramog1000 7 лет назад +41

      thats the call of the void, pretty interresting psychological topic

    • @huffnpuffn8300
      @huffnpuffn8300 6 лет назад +1

      Ramog1000 What do you mean?

    • @TitorEPK
      @TitorEPK 6 лет назад +30

      fathercat catdaddy the call of the void is the thought to jump off the ledge you are standing on; wondering what would happen if you drove your car into another car or person; it is the thought of "I could kill someone so easily right now" when holding a knife, hammer, or what have you. It is the insane desire of our unconsciousness.

    • @huffnpuffn8300
      @huffnpuffn8300 6 лет назад +4

      John Titor Oh I think I get that a lot.

  • @fountaincap
    @fountaincap 7 лет назад +1512

    This would weed out those people who are so absorbed in their phones in the elevator.

    • @fuflang
      @fuflang 7 лет назад +68

      also people who can't use their legs.

    • @FortuneZer0
      @FortuneZer0 7 лет назад +13

      fuflang so a win win

    • @kenetickups6146
      @kenetickups6146 7 лет назад +71

      fountainhead ikr?
      how dare someone not just stand there doing nothing
      the nerv!

    • @Ezio999Auditore
      @Ezio999Auditore 6 лет назад +10

      We need to reinstall these. Darwin would be proud.

    • @Michael-zj3cn
      @Michael-zj3cn 6 лет назад +15

      Marijan Karaula dry humor indeed, but what about those in wheelchairs, seeing as this is the alternative to an elevator, what are they supposed to do, fly up the stairs or get crushed?

  • @thrunsalmighty6863
    @thrunsalmighty6863 9 лет назад +1468

    I suppose that farting in a paternoster is more acceptable than farting in a regular closed lift.

    • @robertlee3563
      @robertlee3563 7 лет назад +1

      thrunsalmighty 😂😂😂💨

    • @derpythecate6842
      @derpythecate6842 6 лет назад +60

      Think again. People can hear you on multiple levels

    • @davesstuff1599
      @davesstuff1599 6 лет назад +36

      thrunsalmighty you are exactly right but conversely the package could be delivered to each floor quicker though. The whole building could reek if Tuesday burrito night.

    • @EchoBuildsThings
      @EchoBuildsThings 6 лет назад +12

      Yeah, spread it through all the floors.

    • @jameswatkins9042
      @jameswatkins9042 6 лет назад +3

      thrunsalmighty
      If I had to fart I'd definitely go with the paternoster.

  • @Larry
    @Larry 6 лет назад +60

    There's one in Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow, UK. But only staff are allowed to use it.

    • @imdumingo
      @imdumingo 4 года назад +1

      thanks Larry Bundy Jr

  • @rbmk1000
    @rbmk1000 10 лет назад +644

    There is one such functioning in the Finnish parliament building but, unfortunately, none of the 200 have died in it yet

    • @xoen6
      @xoen6 6 лет назад +4

      lol! so, while one has proper IQ IS safe, then :D

    • @MrOskaren
      @MrOskaren 6 лет назад +19

      danish parlament has one too. it's only dangerous if you get hurt while riding it.

    • @grahambird3112
      @grahambird3112 6 лет назад

      rbmk1000 .... Anti Fart lift !

    • @tshapedl
      @tshapedl 6 лет назад +29

      I love how parliament is equally hated all around the world

    • @justADeni
      @justADeni 6 лет назад +2

      It doesnt kill, it could back in the 20s but nowadays the paternosters which werent replaced have many security measures.

  • @bepowerification
    @bepowerification 6 лет назад +44

    we had one in Essen, Germany and it scared the shit out of me. I once staid in it past the top floor to get around and it was a pretty big adventure for a 14yo ;)

    • @blake8768
      @blake8768 4 года назад +2

      What happened I'm curious

    • @ekkehard8
      @ekkehard8 3 года назад

      @@blake8768
      Get turned around while in the dark? 😆

  • @deepwoodtickles
    @deepwoodtickles 8 лет назад +940

    Disabled access?, sure, we got a lift...

    • @iannickCZ
      @iannickCZ 7 лет назад +16

      Take a stairs :D

    • @JadeSim
      @JadeSim 6 лет назад +20

      deepwoodtickles most places that have these lifts will also have additional closed lifts for disabled people too.

    • @bruno8126
      @bruno8126 6 лет назад +6

      Who cares about the disabled lol

    • @kellie77381
      @kellie77381 5 лет назад +2

      Fuck off Paul Monroe.

    • @Tracert-mc1hu
      @Tracert-mc1hu 5 лет назад +1

      Turing being disabled into an extreme sport!

  • @graysonrogers-barnes6302
    @graysonrogers-barnes6302 5 лет назад +38

    "Perhaps I'll test that one of these days."

  • @kevw333
    @kevw333 10 лет назад +2119

    Brilliant! A natural selection machine.

    • @Hurileno
      @Hurileno 7 лет назад +7

      Tom Scott made a video on this

    • @canaldeblippstorm
      @canaldeblippstorm 7 лет назад +13

      Fall in it is not natural selection

    • @watchingyou590
      @watchingyou590 7 лет назад +58

      kevw333 I always said if America took all the warning signs in the country down for a month we would have a lot less traffic

    • @user-dx8br5vb3n
      @user-dx8br5vb3n 7 лет назад +8

      Lots of dead children as well.

    • @TheVibes101
      @TheVibes101 6 лет назад +31

      Kid: mom is this surely safe?
      Mom: yes! If putting a Child in a microwave to dry it was dangerous, there would be a warning here!
      Kid: okay...
      Mom: *turns on microwave
      Kid: *sets on fire and explodes
      Mom: im going to sue the company that made this product!!! Its dangerous!!!

  • @vaikkajoku
    @vaikkajoku 7 лет назад +13

    I remember my great-grandmother's apartment building having one of these things. I was always scared shitless getting on it when we went to visit her. This was sometime in the mid 80's. I still get uneasy when I see one.

  • @woodgreener
    @woodgreener 8 лет назад +980

    We have a 6-floor paternoster lift in our library here at the University of Essex (Colchester, UK) which has notices which begin "The Paternoster lift is not dangerous[...]"
    I'm still very careful when I get in, but it's a lot easier than 5 flights of stairs!

    • @hannahrobin7449
      @hannahrobin7449 7 лет назад +4

      That's why Essex sucks.
      Oh UEA is wonderful...

    • @roshlouis8767
      @roshlouis8767 7 лет назад +35

      Given the UK's very tight health and safety red tapes, how do they still exist? Surely there must be a full proof fail safe method implemented. Right? Tell me please, I am dying to know.

    • @bhaskarsamani1507
      @bhaskarsamani1507 7 лет назад +6

      I think it may be a old one, wouldn't be allowed to install a new one

    • @dkbmaestrorules
      @dkbmaestrorules 7 лет назад +28

      Probably "grandfather rights" - there's quite a lot you can get away with as regards keeping old things in use, provided nothing's happened to positively prove that they're dangerous.

    • @sagem116
      @sagem116 6 лет назад

      woodgreener why isn't it dangerous

  • @rhandycs
    @rhandycs 6 лет назад +7

    This is the elevator of perfection actually there isn't more than 1 person that can get in so you'll never need to have someone start a random conversation with you

    • @neplatnyudaj110
      @neplatnyudaj110 6 лет назад

      4 people in a single cabin no problem. Used these daily for 5 years at my university. It's a little rush if you're the last one to get in and the cabin is already half a meter above ground, but I never heard of any accident.

  • @DJ_Dopamine
    @DJ_Dopamine 8 лет назад +134

    If you stay on you simply just go over the top and then come down on the other side of the shaft. Same if you stay on at the bottom. There is a video of someone doing it at Sheffield Uni. It's quite 'safe'.

    • @pschroeter1
      @pschroeter1 6 лет назад +2

      Wikipedia has a nice animated GIF of this.

    • @edmund8954
      @edmund8954 5 лет назад +1

      I feel like putting my fingers on the sensor to stop the elevator when theyre below

  • @Kanal7Indonesia
    @Kanal7Indonesia 7 лет назад +126

    "Pater noster" because you have to pray before you ride the thing.

    • @seminolegonzalezairlines7757
      @seminolegonzalezairlines7757 4 года назад

      ????????????????????????????¿

    • @kingleonidas5172
      @kingleonidas5172 4 года назад +8

      It's called Paternoster because during the prayer the priest would sometimes hold a chain with Rosary stones on it and while reciting the prayer he would pass individual stones through his hand. The chain of Rosary stones kind of looks like the mechanism of the lift.

    • @abacaxi4713
      @abacaxi4713 4 года назад +4

      @@seminolegonzalezairlines7757 "our father" in latin

    • @jari2018
      @jari2018 4 года назад

      The should have these in Dubai highest building -and yes I ride one and it was kinda scary -must have been in my 20s.

    • @Kanal7Indonesia
      @Kanal7Indonesia 4 года назад

      @@kingleonidas5172 *the more you know*

  • @yakacm
    @yakacm 9 лет назад +234

    There is well over 200 of these still left, although there was never any in the US and only a couple outside of Europe.

    • @LatitudeSky
      @LatitudeSky 6 лет назад +12

      diecast jam They do exist in the US. A parking garage in Atlanta uses one to transport their valet drivers to different floors. Works very well and is heavily used every day.

    • @nitrojunkie9027
      @nitrojunkie9027 6 лет назад +3

      Yeah I don't know if they are the same brand name or not, but there are lots of them in papermills, boilers, refineries, and furnaces in the US. And they are not enclosed like these ones. You can have several floors of open space between exit platforms.

    • @cplcabs
      @cplcabs 6 лет назад +13

      Can you imagine them in the US? People would be getting killed on them constantly because they are to dumb to use this sort of lift. Then of course there would be the suing.

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 6 лет назад

      LS My understanding is that there are no public ones in the US.

    • @ToLovelyJesus
      @ToLovelyJesus 6 лет назад +9

      cplcabs
      “To dumb”? Oh, the irony. 😂

  • @Youtubrerunknown
    @Youtubrerunknown 6 лет назад +24

    "Perhaps im going to test that one of these days"
    "Goodbye cruel world.." *goes to the top* "..oh, okay."

  • @flankerpraha
    @flankerpraha 9 лет назад +797

    I´m using one every day in my work. In fact it is one of the best things when you don't need to wait for still occupied elevators. Dangerous? Maybe that's why we have so many idiots here... :) Seriusly, it's quite safe, any obstacle makes paternoster stop.

    • @somethingsfishy2695
      @somethingsfishy2695 7 лет назад +1

      flankerpraha and how can it lift? I mean, does it have sensors?

    • @boof-7599
      @boof-7599 7 лет назад +14

      it is constantly moving in rotations

    • @4ever242
      @4ever242 6 лет назад +64

      BeebsBonanza No, he's absolutely right.

    • @chrism7969
      @chrism7969 6 лет назад +115

      They have a trip wire across the lift near the top. If any part of you is protruding out of the lift it hits the trip wire as the lift ascends or descends and emergency brakes are applied stopping the lift before any part of you becomes trapped between the lift and the floor or ceiling of the building. The reason they are not built anymore is lack of access for those with disability so they don't meet modern regulations on disabled access, not safety.

    • @jumis6
      @jumis6 6 лет назад +3

      Actually in Prague there is probably another one being turn on again

  • @nicolek4076
    @nicolek4076 8 лет назад +8

    A long time ago, when I was a student at Leeds University, there was one of these in the lecture theatre block. It was very efficient at moving people and once you'd mastered the best technique to get on and off, pretty easy to use - if you were quite agile. Last time I looked, about 12 years ago, it had been blocked off. What a pity.

  • @jwalster9412
    @jwalster9412 7 месяцев назад +1

    I would probably stand in front of that thing for 10 minutes, paranoid I will get cut in half, and hesitating until I just go for it.

  • @plateshutoverlock
    @plateshutoverlock 10 лет назад +72

    If you ever ride the lift past the bottom/top, the razor toothed leprechauns will get you.

  • @sarcasticallyrearranged
    @sarcasticallyrearranged 7 лет назад +52

    I would LOVE to try one of those elevators. They look fun.

    • @robertbeed497
      @robertbeed497 7 лет назад +8

      They are Fun, Convenient, Safe. You dont have to wait. If you overshoot at the top or undershoot at the bottom the the lift stays upright you dont get turned upsidedown (mind you that could be fun). Aston University in the UK used to have them. I used to use them in the 1970s (yes im old). I once fell over getting in and was carried up two floors half hanging out of the lift. Quite safe as flaps in the floor open to allow you to pass.(you dont get cut in half)

    • @millomweb
      @millomweb 5 лет назад

      @@robertbeed497 Let me guess - on the north side - replaced by 2 lifts ? It's the only part of MB where there are 2 lifts.

  • @LawsForever
    @LawsForever 9 лет назад +8

    It might look scary, but they are safe to use. You can safely step in or out when the platform is between around one feet below or above the floor, giving you plenty of time.

  • @spicylemon2736
    @spicylemon2736 5 лет назад +17

    I feel like I’ve had a nightmare like this once

  • @andymccabe5483
    @andymccabe5483 10 лет назад +50

    I have been on the 18 storey Paternoster in Sheffield and stayed on through the top and bottom, it just gets a bit rickety as it goes round.

    • @greenaum
      @greenaum 6 лет назад +1

      As I suspected! 18 stories is impressive though.

    • @Viktor007
      @Viktor007 6 лет назад +7

      Did you died?

    • @isaacwood4071
      @isaacwood4071 6 лет назад

      THAT'S SUPER ILLEGAL

    • @iamkat5e
      @iamkat5e 6 лет назад

      I'm studying Architecture in Sheffield! I take the paternoster pretty much daily since I alternate between 17/16 to 15th floors.
      edit: during rush hour the elevators get absolutely full so many students and myself queue to take the paternoster from the17th all the way to the ground floor lol

    • @iamkat5e
      @iamkat5e 6 лет назад

      Martyn Watson First of all, you seriously underestimate the students here lmao. The paternoster in Sheffield don't operate out of hours, so they stop at 5pm and start about 6am. If any student wants to get drunk during the day then...by all means? There are always emergency stop triggers (that honestly annoy the shit out of everyone, we hate having to wait for the elevator) and security guards to catch a drunken person and boot them out of the building. But Architecture students basically live here, why would any of us even think to do that.

  • @carlobayani
    @carlobayani 5 лет назад +10

    imagine waiting for the elevator and u go to a vending machine and when u get back the elevator passes right by u

  • @SugarHue
    @SugarHue 9 лет назад +366

    Merica can't handle the paternoster

    • @jockejanne
      @jockejanne 9 лет назад +70

      As to be expected from the country that created the label "WARNING, hot content" for coffee mugs.

    • @SugarHue
      @SugarHue 9 лет назад +1

      Joakim Jansson Yep :-(

    • @keptick
      @keptick 9 лет назад +34

      Joakim Jansson That's to avoid getting sued by retarded consumers that burn themselves and think that it's a legitimate reason for legal recourse, which has happened in the past...

    • @facebag666
      @facebag666 9 лет назад +10

      keptick look up that case, I thought it was dumb too until I looked into it.

    • @facebag666
      @facebag666 9 лет назад +10

      ***** don't forget that McDonalds was warned several times to stop that practice before this happened. People always forget that part

  • @fritztheted
    @fritztheted 6 лет назад +1

    They are not just eastern Germany, they where all over the place. In my town 'Gelsenkirchen' we got at least 2 I can remember and at least one is still working.
    They are the safest elevators around and it's fun to drive over the top and down the other side. They where mostly around in offices and therefore called 'Beamtenbagger' that means service employee excavator.

  • @ItsHyomoto
    @ItsHyomoto 10 лет назад +22

    In the UK, roughly seven hundred people died from injuries caused by stairs in 2009. Conversely, only about two hundred died from elevators and escalators COMBINED and the majority of those deaths happened while working on them. Seems like the paternoster is exceedingly safe. Of course, there are far more elevators of the traditional kind but adjusting the numbers, you are roughly as likely to die on a paternoster than a traditional elevator and more than a hundred times more likely to die on the stairs.
    The fact that the paternoster requires more situational awareness likely contributes to the lower number of casualties as opposed to normal stairs that aren't moving AT ALL, and as such people are more complacent around them despite being found in more varied and dangerous environments.

    • @ItsHyomoto
      @ItsHyomoto 10 лет назад +4

      Really? Seriously. What the hell is wrong with you? I posted statistics and my opinion, I didn't throw a rock at you. Just because we're on the internet doesn't mean that everything anyone says is inflammatory. Is your first sentence really necessary?

    • @xoen6
      @xoen6 6 лет назад

      IQ, this is about IQ...

  • @michaelahrstkova6348
    @michaelahrstkova6348 6 лет назад +69

    It is central Europe! We are Czech republic.

    • @Okurka.
      @Okurka. 4 года назад +6

      It's Soviet Union.

    • @andrewcruz1931
      @andrewcruz1931 4 года назад +5

      In Soviet Union , elevator rides you !

    • @user-ii6cj8gi8u
      @user-ii6cj8gi8u 4 года назад +1

      Okurka Dude, Czech Republic didn‘t even border the Soviet Union.

    • @goju09alt9
      @goju09alt9 4 года назад +1

      Don't mind the author he seems to be quite ignorant.
      Paternoster elevators were built in whole continental europe. Many of which are still in service.

    • @DanielEscovedo
      @DanielEscovedo 4 года назад +1

      No, it's in prague. It's part of german Austria-Hungary empire.

  • @GoldieMethrans
    @GoldieMethrans 9 лет назад +57

    Why does this remind me of a literal up-down version of the escalators?

    • @IDontKnow-pf6en
      @IDontKnow-pf6en 7 лет назад

      GDSpectra i felt the same!

    • @audiobuff77
      @audiobuff77 6 лет назад

      I was thinking the same thing

    • @AnjellaBenz
      @AnjellaBenz 6 лет назад +1

      That's what I thought too

    • @PontiacCZ
      @PontiacCZ 5 лет назад

      Yeah, it's basically the same principle. :-)

  • @seethroughwalls
    @seethroughwalls 7 лет назад +1

    We have a few in Denmark for example at the Town Hall Square building in Frederiksberg city by Copenhagen. The fun part is riding the whole loop. When you reach the top or bottom the elevator shakes and rattles and abruptly lurches to the right or left depending on if your going up or down. It's a free ride with a musty smell and a thrill.

  • @wiccanteddy
    @wiccanteddy 9 лет назад +5

    Apparently, the are over 200 paternosters in use and registered in Germany

  • @katr5432
    @katr5432 5 лет назад +2

    There is one in the town hall of Copenhagen where my mom used to work. She can confirm, you can take the entire circuit and be fine. It is just very dark and scary to do. She lost a bet with one of the other employees and had to take the entire circuit of the elevator and came home telling horror stories :-)

  • @podelcog
    @podelcog  8 лет назад +223

    I'm having a bit of fun in the video. Everyone is way too serious. Lighten up, people! Jeesh. But it's true, they don't make them anymore because of safety concerns, so you can't dismiss that totally. From Wikipedia: "The construction of new paternosters is no longer allowed in many countries[which?] because of the high risk of accidents (people tripping or falling over when trying to enter or exit). In 2012, an 81-year-old man was killed when he fell into the shaft of a paternoster in The Hague.[9] Elderly people, disabled people, and children are the most in danger of being crushed or losing a limb."

    • @shiro_21
      @shiro_21 8 лет назад +1

      Pater noster is not allowed in czech republic. But there is a monument. special rule. exception. =D god my english is to bad.. =D

    • @frankeekucera3313
      @frankeekucera3313 8 лет назад +4

      +Petr Vondrovský What do you mean not allowed? there is few of them in Prague still working..mostly in government buildings... obviously not newly built

    • @shiro_21
      @shiro_21 8 лет назад +1

      Frankee Kucera Podle jména mi asi budeš rozumět :D Páter noster je zakázanej. tam ale kde je, je prý památková výjimka

    • @frankeekucera3313
      @frankeekucera3313 8 лет назад

      Jo jasne tak jsem to myslel..Ja jsem jeste nedavno v nem jel ,mam pocit ze ve Vodickovy ulici.. rikam nedavno ale on to nejakej rok bude..utika to..

    • @GameFreak7744
      @GameFreak7744 7 лет назад +1

      Is it much more dangerous than an escalator though really?

  • @LandNfan
    @LandNfan 6 лет назад

    I saw something similar years ago in a parking garage in Nashville, TN. The garage was attached to the Cain-Sloan department store. It was not intended for the general public, just the parking attendants. It consisted of a wide conveyor belt that moved vertically, with tiny step platforms about 12” x 18” mounted about every 8or 9 feet, with a corresponding handhold about 5 feet above each step.

  • @Lighteye67
    @Lighteye67 10 лет назад +51

    Misleading title is misleading. Rode in one a dozen times a day every day for years without issue. Not uncommon in older buildings in Europe. It's an elevator of death like a car is wheeled vehicle of death or a steak knife is a serrated tool of death.

    • @vanham5397
      @vanham5397 6 лет назад

      OhHaiNSA
      I wonder why you're using your own experiences to make a conclusion

  • @jnicholson2522
    @jnicholson2522 3 года назад

    My daughter worked for a hotel here as a valet, they had a very similar contraption in the parking garage called a Manlift. Basically the same thing, only instead of stepping in, you step ON. It's a constantly moving vertical ladder. Timing is everything there as well.

  • @lindsayfog5246
    @lindsayfog5246 10 лет назад +12

    nothing happens if you stay on ,you could stay on all day , the problem is you would get bored, its a loop you stay on or get off. do you think anyone would make a people squashing machine and sell lots to building owners ?

    • @lindsayfog5246
      @lindsayfog5246 10 лет назад +1

      they may have not been so popular though.if people did get squashed

  • @ioanniskoletis8300
    @ioanniskoletis8300 6 лет назад +1

    I love it. With that elevator you are not anxious to get closed in, if it brokes or if there is a power cut.

  • @Satai80
    @Satai80 10 лет назад +50

    Finland's parliament house has one of those also. :)

    • @chrischoy9
      @chrischoy9 10 лет назад +13

      It's the best way for other politicians to decapitate the opposing the opposing wing

    • @Lerssinen
      @Lerssinen 7 лет назад +1

      lintströmmi voiskin katkaista päänsä moisessa.

    • @GoldGalaxianFin
      @GoldGalaxianFin 6 лет назад +1

      Mä kävin kerran kunnan talossa ja näin yhden ja sitä käytettiin vielä 2011

  • @rose-ey6ct
    @rose-ey6ct 6 лет назад

    I live in Northern Ireland. On the Shore Road, Belfast, there is what used to be the Associated Feed Manufaturer's building. ( Now Thompsons) When I went into it 40 years ago, there was a Paternoster lift going up 9 floors, and it was superb.

  • @undogmatisch5873
    @undogmatisch5873 8 лет назад +24

    Everyone with a basic level of coordination and common sense is able to use a paternoster correctly.
    But in Europe people also grow up with a sense of self-responibility.
    No one here would even think about sueing a coffee house for self-pouring a hot coffee in ones own lap (and win the trial).

    • @undogmatisch5873
      @undogmatisch5873 8 лет назад +1

      *****
      Tja, die Engländer waren schon immer etwas "ganz Besonderes". Aber die vielen Extrawürste reichten nicht aus; mal sehen, wie es nach dem Brexit für die Insela...n weitergeht.

    • @MegaSharpshooter1234
      @MegaSharpshooter1234 5 лет назад +8

      I don’t care if this is 3 years late. I want you to actually look that trail up. That McDonald’s didn’t have proper sensors on there coffee and it got so hot that it was boiling and that lady accidentally spilled coffee on her self and the burns were so bad that her vagina was permanently disfigured and the doctors said it was one of the worst case of burns he had seen. AND she was old and because of that the wounds turned serious issue AND SHE ALMOST DIED! she only wanted McDonald’s to pay her medical bills and when they didn’t want to do that THEN she sued. Learn ya shit you UK twit

    • @zachfox5969
      @zachfox5969 5 лет назад +1

      ...as Europe allows itself to slowly turn into a giant defenseless haven for Sharia law. Yep. All kinds of sense over there...

    • @benedekhalda-kiss9737
      @benedekhalda-kiss9737 5 лет назад

      @@zachfox5969 Yep even more sense with school shootings and shootouts and shit over in America.

    • @zachfox5969
      @zachfox5969 5 лет назад

      @@benedekhalda-kiss9737 1/2 of which somehow don't produce actual bodies, realistic blood or "shooters" that haven't had their face altered by news media for dramatic effect. Maybe in Europe they can't smell the bull shit, but here? Here, it's getting ripe.

  • @andyboog2010
    @andyboog2010 6 лет назад +1

    When I was a kid my dad was stationed in Frankfurt Germany at the Abrams building back then. ( now it's a university) and they had one of these elevators there that I rode many times. Loved riding it.

  • @Flyingtart
    @Flyingtart 10 лет назад +30

    Probably designed in a time where people were expected to not to be dumbasses.

    • @BiohazardCrow
      @BiohazardCrow 10 лет назад +6

      But that is yet still dangerous. You can have a higth degree of nuclear physics and literally be a "smartass" and someday you are distracted and "Squish!". Also how about childern? "Squish!" and old people?! "Squish!" and handicapped? "Squish!". All dead.

    • @MultiGreenwood
      @MultiGreenwood 10 лет назад +1

      That is the dumbest fucking thing I've read all day.

    • @BiohazardCrow
      @BiohazardCrow 10 лет назад +3

      MultiGreenwood
      SQUISH!

    • @ZosiaSamosiaOo
      @ZosiaSamosiaOo 9 лет назад +2

      Conchita is that you?

  • @Joe-ij6of
    @Joe-ij6of 3 года назад

    If you look carefully, the floor (and ceiling?) of the lift compartment has a hinge for the first 1.5 ft. I'm guessing the platform is hinged to only go down to be flush with the rest of the platform but will pivot up to 90 degrees. This would seem to prevent that edge from guillotining somebody, which is what everyone is worried about I think.

  • @robdevenney
    @robdevenney 8 лет назад +18

    Interesting video and would not fancy trying that lift (elevator) but fairly sure Czech Republic is central Europe rather than eastern

    • @michacz9415
      @michacz9415 4 года назад

      It's Poland, not Czechia!

    • @danny-ss5jh
      @danny-ss5jh 4 года назад

      Gryfon5848 Prague is in Czechia

    • @animae008
      @animae008 4 года назад +2

      @@michacz9415 What the fuck? Praga is capital of Czechia

  • @BoxsterSGirl
    @BoxsterSGirl 2 года назад

    The step on was scarier than the jump off lol. We went to the top bar called Strecha Lucerne Friday night a month ago. Totally worth the price of admission to ride this to the top!

  • @Henry-hd3iu
    @Henry-hd3iu 5 лет назад +55

    Bruh, imagine being high ASF tryna get on one of these 😂

  • @carolhutchinson7763
    @carolhutchinson7763 6 лет назад +1

    My father mentioned this from one of my parents' vacations and I could hardly believe it. This is the first time I've seen such a thing since I heard about it decades ago.

  • @eggheadnurse
    @eggheadnurse 10 лет назад +16

    "Elevator of Death" my arse. Stepping into one of these is no different to stepping on/off an escalator.

  • @TravisTerrell
    @TravisTerrell 6 лет назад

    If you don't step off, it's no worry. The cab stays vertical as it cycles around the top side and descends down the back. No gears to get "chewed up" in.

  • @conox555
    @conox555 10 лет назад +6

    it´s not dangerous at all... :p you can´t get cruched or cut (there are "nets" sensors which will stop the paternoster if you touch it) and you can´t fall anywhere because there isn´t elevator well. you can get stuck in normal elevator too... also there are a lot of them in europe, for example: around 250 germany, 8 slovakia, 60 czech republic, 20-30 austria, 20 UK......

    • @chrischoy9
      @chrischoy9 10 лет назад +1

      It wouldn't be dangerous in any country but it would be for fat people. Walking in or out too slow will result in decapitation

    • @conox555
      @conox555 10 лет назад +1

      chrischoy9
      yeah, of course, communist government didn´t count fat people :D but mostly there was/is one normal elevator close to the paternoster

    • @armingschmitt
      @armingschmitt 10 лет назад

      chrischoy9 Being fat is dangerous to fat people. Most all of them actually die of it.

    • @Saerek
      @Saerek 6 лет назад +1

      @@armingschmitt Being alive is dangerous. ALL of us die as a result of being alive.

  • @ivorymoonkathy
    @ivorymoonkathy 7 лет назад +1

    Thank you for the video. I had to use for a college paper on a scenario for solving complaints on elevator issues in the school of business.

  • @dancoulson6579
    @dancoulson6579 10 лет назад +7

    What happens if you don't get out at the top floor?
    Does it stay vertical, and move the the down side of the loop?

    • @karelpipa
      @karelpipa 10 лет назад +4

      you complete a lap. You can safely go unharmed for full circle.

    • @elmoelmerson172
      @elmoelmerson172 10 лет назад

      They probably stay upright in a loop.

    • @treinenliefde
      @treinenliefde 10 лет назад +1

      A paternoster always stays with the same 'floor' on the same side or how you say that. I saw a video of someone staying in it.

    • @wixte
      @wixte 10 лет назад +3

      they say, if you dont exit the one going down, you can visit hell.

    • @mvanco87
      @mvanco87 10 лет назад +2

      www.tested.com/tech/449240-meet-paternoster-vertical-people-moving-system/

  • @craigbrowning9448
    @craigbrowning9448 7 лет назад

    The manually controlled relay for the elevators in the big tower in Fritz Lang's Metropolis was called the "Paternoster Machine."

  • @stevestevensofficial
    @stevestevensofficial 5 лет назад +8

    Oh, yeah! This is from Czech Republic 🇨🇿. My country ;)

    • @samo5513
      @samo5513 5 лет назад +2

      Pozdravy zo Slovenska :)

    • @mira238
      @mira238 5 лет назад +4

      @IJN Yamato Go out to fuck yourself

    • @animae008
      @animae008 4 года назад

      Cool! Ja pozdrawiam z Polski uwu

  • @user-mh2bw4hu3o
    @user-mh2bw4hu3o 7 лет назад

    If you think about it, these things function like a Ferris wheel, instead of going in a circle, they go in a very elongated vertical oblong sort of shape

  • @ZosiaSamosiaOo
    @ZosiaSamosiaOo 9 лет назад +7

    What a nice, soothing voice. :)

  • @janagordon331
    @janagordon331 7 лет назад +1

    I am from Prague, and we have still some paternosters remaining. These elevators are actually very safe and very efficient. For people with disabilities, we have regular elevators. Go paternosters go.

  • @IglooDweller
    @IglooDweller 8 лет назад +6

    It might be okay if it was open and there was no wall you could get decapitated against.

    • @BassGuitarGuy128
      @BassGuitarGuy128 7 лет назад +4

      But if there was no wall, you could fall down the shaft.

    • @CoachJohnMcGuirk
      @CoachJohnMcGuirk 7 лет назад +3

      IglooDweller it stops if there is something blocking it.

  • @cantfindcat4347
    @cantfindcat4347 6 лет назад

    I love seeing all the people excited over this elevator. Went on a elevator like this everyday for almost a year

  • @simonhorak
    @simonhorak 7 лет назад +144

    Czech republic isn't eastern Europe , it's central

    • @paytick9034
      @paytick9034 6 лет назад +1

      simon h achyahally

    • @Kubulek17
      @Kubulek17 6 лет назад +9

      simon h it’s eastern. It’s under Poland which is considered eastern

    • @DavidMulderOne
      @DavidMulderOne 6 лет назад +11

      You are probably referring to "Eastern bloc" in that case, of which half of Germany was also a part. Would you call Dresden eastern Europe? Anyway, when you open the encyclopedic article about eastern europe on wikipedia you will find that the large majority of definitions do not consider the czech republic as part of eastern europe. Please always make sure to read up on a topic before writing comments on the internet correcting someone.

    • @kenneth61
      @kenneth61 6 лет назад

      David Mulder You can ask every europe about Czech, and they say Czech is a former Sovjet eastern union. Wiki or not!

    • @DavidMulderOne
      @DavidMulderOne 6 лет назад +3

      kenneth61 But that's the entire point, eastern bloc does not define eastern Europe. "Eastern Europe" and "Central Europe" are modern concepts, the "Eastern Bloc" is a historical concept. Both valid in different concepts, but one has to be careful not to mix them.

  • @jonathanf2392
    @jonathanf2392 6 лет назад +1

    How can such a dangerous thing be approved?

  • @i.need.a.new.nickname
    @i.need.a.new.nickname 4 года назад +11

    I have had recurring dreams about lifts like these, and I didn't even know such a thing like this existed

    • @sunriseshine
      @sunriseshine 5 месяцев назад

      Yeeessss!!!!! Me - the same! What is that??

  • @donbagley2322
    @donbagley2322 7 лет назад +3

    I've been on one in Germany, 1978. It was unnerving.

  • @Grayfox988
    @Grayfox988 6 лет назад

    There's a bunch of them in government buildings in Budapest. Most are not planned to retire, but restored as they're pretty much architectural relics.

  • @thefreddex
    @thefreddex 7 лет назад +4

    Very effective elevators, if greenfell tower had them they would have evacuated in 10 minutes.

  • @scottgrohs5940
    @scottgrohs5940 6 лет назад

    I am fairly certain they’ve installed sensors that make the paternoster stop if anything gets caught in the doorway.

  • @just_pike
    @just_pike 6 лет назад +6

    Prague (Czech Republic) is NOT in eastern europe!

    • @mira238
      @mira238 5 лет назад

      I think Prague people say that they are not in eastern europe, but rest of Czech republic are here :D

    • @sprig3432
      @sprig3432 4 года назад

      You speak a Slavic language comrade

    • @just_pike
      @just_pike 4 года назад

      Vladimir Isyanov And? Language and geographical locations are two different kinds of things. In USA they speak English and it’s not part of Europe 🤷🏻

  • @lesleysmith6821
    @lesleysmith6821 6 лет назад

    There was one at St Thomas hospital in London. Staff were expected to use them and leave the elevators to patients and families. Scared the heck out of me.

  • @Octobermory
    @Octobermory 8 лет назад +7

    Much better than the 'modern' elevator, for which one must wait and wait and wait...

  • @alftupper9359
    @alftupper9359 6 лет назад

    Extremely dangerous. A young man was operating a commercial lift (not a Paternoster) in a supermarket in my town and for some reason the shutter was disabled, making it work like a Paternoster, and he somehow got his head trapped, taking it off.

  • @scientist1280
    @scientist1280 10 лет назад +14

    Hyperdramatics, that device is perfectly safe. Pay attention to what you are doing.

    • @PvtVallen
      @PvtVallen 10 лет назад

      No its not lol, what if its going up and you slip and fall on the edge while its going up, u ded son.

    • @miloslavstrejcek8630
      @miloslavstrejcek8630 9 лет назад +5

      Minitell There's a safety mechanism which stops the elevator in case something is stuck somewhere. I was using it on daily basis at my university and haven't heard of a single accident/injury. I guess more people die when they trip on the stairs because they are too afraid to ride the paternoster.

    • @13eaewe7m3thso
      @13eaewe7m3thso 7 лет назад +1

      safe if you have full use of your legs.

    • @user-mh2bw4hu3o
      @user-mh2bw4hu3o 7 лет назад

      If a normal elevator's ropes get cut, you will fall to your doom, this is basically a vertical conveyor belt,or vertical escalator or even an indoor ferris wheel

  • @mikeylikesit6588
    @mikeylikesit6588 6 лет назад

    That’s awesome. There is an industrial version of this that consists of a handle and a ledge with no cab. Scared the shit out of me when I rode it. Wish I would’ve taken a video. Good stuff.

  • @zNblack00
    @zNblack00 5 лет назад +5

    So that’s why it is called paternoster. If I were a first rider of this kind of elevator, I would chant Pater Noster while step on it too

  • @mssheilajones
    @mssheilajones 7 лет назад

    they're very easy to use, unless you have mobility problems. They go very slowly. There is still one operating at Essex University in the library. I loved using it. I never heard anybody saying "woah" as they got on or off. I've never heard of anybody having a problem with it.

  • @VZ-br6xk
    @VZ-br6xk 6 лет назад +6

    We have them in Germany as well

  • @TheBmi22
    @TheBmi22 5 лет назад

    Still 28 pater noster are currently working just in Hungary according to wikipedia, so its not so rare.

  • @produKtNZ
    @produKtNZ 10 лет назад +6

    All I want to see is someone stay riding the car as it turns upside down at the top "D

    • @NR23derek
      @NR23derek 10 лет назад +1

      I've done it!

    • @produKtNZ
      @produKtNZ 10 лет назад

      Derek Williams VIDEO~!

    • @davidkbrees
      @davidkbrees 10 лет назад +6

      I used to work in the Abrams building in Frankfurt Germany (IG Farben) and they had these. The car does not turn upside down, they keep their orientation and just rotate to the other side and move down.

    • @produKtNZ
      @produKtNZ 10 лет назад +1

      BannedUfos Heh, I reckon.
      Oh well, we still have our IMAGINATIONS! *skips off to wonderland*

    • @vanillawaffles9798
      @vanillawaffles9798 8 лет назад

      As David said. I tried it, nothing crazy happens.

  • @crabbitwife5463
    @crabbitwife5463 6 лет назад +1

    I was a temp for a couple of weeks at GEC/Plessey in Nottingham in the UK in the late 80's. They had one of these crazy death traps. You had to time it just right getting on and off. Very scary. No-one believes me, they can't imagine that such a thing would be allowed.

  • @chloealexa189
    @chloealexa189 7 лет назад +4

    Very nice efficient ride on them, do not understand the fuss, unless your handicapped.

    • @timstill152
      @timstill152 5 лет назад

      After so many riders, it's only a matter of time before the wrong person steps on one of these. The aim really should be to make them foolproof.

    • @Musikverkaeufer
      @Musikverkaeufer 5 лет назад

      @@timstill152 You can make them as foolproof as you want; there will always be a bigger fool than the one before.

    • @timstill152
      @timstill152 5 лет назад

      @@Musikverkaeufer And if their stupid asses get crushed, that's on them!

  • @thomopolusrex8436
    @thomopolusrex8436 6 лет назад

    There was one in the downtown municipal parking garage of Louisville, Kentucky. Used only by the parking attendants for valet service. It was basically an 18 inch wide belt with a plate and handle bar spaced about 7 feet apart. Up on one side, down on the other through a three foot hole between floors.

  • @real_Zuramaru
    @real_Zuramaru 7 лет назад +3

    What is this, deathrun?

  • @PinkPanther70
    @PinkPanther70 6 лет назад

    We have one of these at the hospital I work (in Denmark) . It is, however, only the staff that are allowed to use it. The rest of the hospital is modern.

  • @stereopolice
    @stereopolice 10 лет назад +4

    Each little compartment should have a toilet to sit on whilst you ride.

    • @armingschmitt
      @armingschmitt 10 лет назад +3

      That is one "shitty" idea... ;)

    • @stereopolice
      @stereopolice 10 лет назад +2

      Armin Schmitt Yeah .... well ..... it would elevate the concept of a water closet to the next level.

    • @Petr75661
      @Petr75661 9 лет назад

      +stereopolice You can't maintain the proper hierarchy of management long enough with paternoster for this to function.

  • @jenevivelancia3012
    @jenevivelancia3012 3 года назад +1

    1. Stop saying wow, it's not that treacherous. 2. How do you suppose you'd get chewed up by the gears? Are you suggesting the gears momentarily enter the box for the expressed purpose of mangling whatever's inside?

  • @ddfkfkd1463
    @ddfkfkd1463 6 лет назад +4

    Its central europe dude

  • @anthonyxuereb792
    @anthonyxuereb792 5 лет назад

    What a clever solution, it makes so much sense, on off on off as you please. they use one people size lifts like these in car parks for attendants to quickly retrieve your car. I couldn't believe it when my friend showed it to me when I asked him how come he was so fast. He showed me a Chinese restaurant next door that had the best fried rice to.

  • @Argon_02
    @Argon_02 9 лет назад +9

    I am czech but still didnt tried this :D

  • @mszafran51
    @mszafran51 4 года назад

    Actually, I visited Sweden and they had these. It’s interesting but a bit scary at first site. Actually, when you get to the top you automatically go down on the other side. These cabs are moving in a circle. The very top, where the gears are , are gated off, so you don’t have to worry about getting hurt.

  • @kacperbaczek9230
    @kacperbaczek9230 7 лет назад +4

    Denmark’s parliament also got it

    • @kristoffersparegodt420
      @kristoffersparegodt420 4 года назад

      Kacper Baczek. Yeah I think so. Are you also Danish

    • @animae008
      @animae008 4 года назад

      @@kristoffersparegodt420 He is Polish

  • @zonzeven
    @zonzeven 6 лет назад

    In the Netherlands there are 7 paternosters left. They are set in motion on demand, but not for daily use. nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternosterlift

  • @iannickCZ
    @iannickCZ 9 лет назад +10

    So "deadly". I rather not imagine cross the street e.g.

  • @MartinBrenner
    @MartinBrenner 7 лет назад

    Very nice and accessible during the weekend, if you are patient and wait for someone to open the locked glass door and let you in. This paternoster is still running (May 2017).

    • @Musikverkaeufer
      @Musikverkaeufer 5 лет назад

      You don´t have to wait for longer than 5 minutes during daytime; I´ve tried it out in april this year and got in really fast.

  • @ElementofKindness
    @ElementofKindness 7 лет назад +3

    Sooooooooo. You have to think and pay attention to your surroundings for a few seconds.
    OOOOOOooohhhhh!!! So dangerous!

  • @CiaoHandy
    @CiaoHandy 7 лет назад

    I used one of these on a daily basis when I was 16 and worked for British Airways at Hatton Cross. It was a bit tricky jumping on holding a VCR, but other than that, I used to love it.

  • @lukeshardlow768
    @lukeshardlow768 10 лет назад +15

    these things are cool not dangerous, a lot safer than some of the rubbish out there.

    • @KiloByte69
      @KiloByte69 6 лет назад +1

      In the civilized world these would be considered unacceptable for many reasons, key among them being the disabled.

    • @VendPrekmurec
      @VendPrekmurec 6 лет назад

      cphpost.dk/news/elderly-man-killed-in-axelborg-elevator-accident.html

  • @LatitudeSky
    @LatitudeSky 6 лет назад

    They exist in the US, despite comments to the contrary. There's a parking garage in Atlanta using one to move their valet drivers from floor to floor. I saw it when I parked there summer 2017. Seemed like a great way to move people. The valets had no issues with it.