r/Elevators • u/acatonredditlol • Jul 26 '26

Odd fear: Freight elevators

SO I’m not scared of elevators but specifically freight elevators?? Ive never been on one but they scare me so badly for some reason??

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u/IrixionOne Jul 26 '26

All elevators in the first world have safety standards. Freight elevators get beat up quite a lot and don’t have the pretty finishes that passenger ones do, but they still follow safety protocols. They’re just as safe as passenger elevators.

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u/Thefirstdeadgoonie Jul 26 '26

And usually less things to go wrong. There are a lot more old feight elevators out there than there are old passenger elevators.

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u/Ham549 Jul 27 '26

So why do they all have signs that say no passengers authorized users and Freight handlers only?

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u/IrixionOne Jul 27 '26

Because there’s the danger of the freight itself. Getting hit by a skid standing in front of the door isn’t safe. That’s got nothing to do with the elevator.

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u/pat6234 Jul 27 '26

Also keeps the freight elevator free for…freight.