MRT Emergency Buttons Are FAKE! OMG!

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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I REFER to the Online Forum letter "Hand caught in door: Don't rush, advises SMRT" (March 17).
Three years ago, on Oct 6, at around 10pm, a couple with a young girl boarded the north-bound MRT train at Braddell station. As the train doors were closing, the girl stretched out her hand and her wrist was trapped between the doors. The parents tried, but failed, to pull out her hand. The train started moving and accelerating. The father tried pressing a button, thinking it was an emergency stop button. Nothing happened.
The train continued to accelerate. The desperate father shoved his fingers in between the train doors, forced them open and finally managed to free the girl's hand. The train continued moving as if nothing happened.
When it reached Bishan station, some MRT staff boarded the train. The father related what happened and the staff took down his particulars and promised to investigate.
I am that father and the girl, my daughter. We were very relieved she escaped with minor bruises on her wrist. Despite that, I think there are some lessons to be learnt.
First, parents with young children should move away from the doors, be it in the train or lift. It is hard to predict what a young child would do.
Second, door sensors should be checked. They did not detect my daughter's hand stuck in the doors, even as the train started moving, nor did they alert the driver that someone had forced the doors open as the train was moving.
Third, the emergency button is not a stop button. It is just a communication button. In emergencies, every second counts; there is no time to explain and convince the driver why he should stop. The emergency button should stop the train on activation. Then the communication takes place, not the other way round. The $5,000 penalty should deter misuse.
Fourth, the Land Transport Authority should set up an avenue for incident reporting and take the responsibility for follow-up. Tey Chee Meng

 

[singveld]

oh i always know that is a intercom button

yes we need a button to trigger the emergency stop of the train

like in the hollywood movie, the villian point the gun at the hero in mrt, the hero press the emergency button, villian fall down, the hero grasp the gun and save the day.

yeah we need a real emergency button.

 

[po2wq]

... Three years ago, on Oct 6, at around 10pm, a couple with a young girl boarded the north-bound MRT train at Braddell station. As the train doors were closing, the girl stretched out her hand and her wrist was trapped between the doors. The parents tried, but failed, to pull out her hand. The train started moving and accelerating. The father tried pressing a button, thinking it was an emergency stop button. Nothing happened.
The train continued to accelerate. The desperate father shoved his fingers in between the train doors, forced them open and finally managed to free the girl's hand. The train continued moving as if nothing happened.
When it reached Bishan station, some MRT staff boarded the train. The father related what happened and the staff took down his particulars and promised to investigate.
I am that father and the girl, my daughter. ...

y 3 yrs later oni kpkb? ...

 

[KuanTi01]

My friend, I sympathise with u. Me, too is a father with 2 young daughters & occasionally we take the mrt. The intercom button is for reporting any crime /atercation in progress. It's not an emergency stop button. It's time they install one. Raise the penalty for abuse to $100K for all I care. Safety of the child or in fact any commuter is paramount.

As for the door sensor, I've always think its a con job. Many years ago, when the first stretch of the East-West line opened to the public, if I recall correctly, the then Transport minister, the late Mr Ong Teng Cheong did the honours. Accompanied by a posse of officials and reporters, it was trumpeted to the public how safe riding in the mrt train was. One of the mrt official demonstrated the sensor efficiency by sticking out his hand to let the doors close on him. The doors backed away on cue. It was also reported that the train would not move if doors are obstructed in any way. So, by your bad experience, we now know it's not true. Be forewarned then, don't get stuck at the train doors under any circumstances.:(

 

[Yoshitei]

Many years ago when the MRT service was first launched, that was an emergency stop button

But after a couple of years they decided to do away with it.

Thanks to some brainless who used that button to stall the train such that their friends and family can join them in the same train.

 

[Ah Guan]

You need to slide your credit card to pay an upfront deposit of $5k before you can use that button

 

[halsey02]

You need to slide your credit card to pay an upfront deposit of $5k before you can use that button

I have pressed that button once, to prevent the train door from closing before crushing a pram with a child inside that got stuck.

Fortunately for me, there was an off duty employee of the NEL, what do you call them?, the technical officer ( one that check on the train), was there, who saw the incident. called the control , reset the system etc..

After pressing, an OMG! came across my brain..$5,000 !!, but to save a life I didn't think first!:(

$5,000.....wow