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?
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.
I'm not sure it'd be worse than hooking your arm through a single pole. Presumably in that scenario you're trying to stay put, right? If you're getting shoved hard enough to break your arm by being yanked off the pole you're getting shoved hard enough to crack your skull against one as well.
People are allowed to stand and walk around on these things. They’re not cars. They almost never come to a violent stop. Even the emergency brake takes like 15 to 20 seconds to bring one of these things to a stop.
We weren't going to say anything out of politeness but now that you said it I'm comfortable telling we call her money bags because in the right light the dollar sign tattoos on her ass makes it look like she just robbed a bank.
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!
mildly drunken / jet lagged / other traveler slips hand into pole, somehow grabs the far one and positions their wrist between the other two. train stops, traveler is unfamiliar with riding trains, is thrown off by weight of bags, etc, arm snaps. what a great design.