Regarding the Oct. 17 article "Boy's head gets trapped between escalator, wall": Although I can sympathize over this tragedy, when is the real problem -- children riding escalators/elevators with no training or adult supervision -- going to be addressed? You can engineer safety into these things to the point of absurdity, but if children look on escalators as playgrounds with no danger connected, then these types of accidents will continue. Either you teach the children how to properly ride these transports, or you limit access to them based on age and station a store employee at the top and bottom to ensure compliance, or you insist on parental accompaniment.
david barton
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