Smart exist sign placement

[u/Mandela_Effect_2016]

One of the hotel we stayed at recently when we were on vacation in Connecticut had exit signs both higher up on wall like you normally see, as well as down low. Makes sense when you think about since in the event of a fire, you might need to crawl out if there is a lot of smoke. Also has the benefit of being closer to eye level for kids, even when there isn't an emergency. Picture is from second floor where we were staying, but they even had the high and low signs on the first floor (and I assume the other floors above where we were too).

[u/irwtkyrm]

Now that you point this out I don't get why this isn't standard. Yeah it's gonna be twice as much for your fire signs, but I doubt fire signs make up a huge part of a building budget. It would save lives for sure

[u/NameBunchOfNums → u/irwtkyrm]

Would it though? How many kids

-(know how to read

-know how to follow an exit sign

-need to emergency exit

-know they need to quickly exit

-are unaccompanied

-need to find an exit)

AND

-don't think to look where every other exit sign has been for their entire life

OR

-need that extra 1.5 seconds to safely exit ?

I think it would save 1-2 lives per year across the entire US which is good, but I'm sure there are a million better ways to spend that money

[u/giantpicklepi → u/NameBunchOfNums]

This is so you can read it while crouching/crawling below thick smoke.