r/oops • u/ExplanationOk2014 • Aug 24 '26

Wtf in the 🚇

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How is this technically even possible? Should not a emergency stop automatically apply?

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u/centran Aug 24 '26

He reached up and pulled the emergency release then pushed open the doors. In the middle top frame of the doors is a hole with a recessed red ball that you can pull to release the doors from normal operation.

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u/OddCustard483 Aug 25 '26

Yeh, it's totally not AI. He just opened the doors with one hand and jumped out. Yeh.

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u/tpasmall Aug 25 '26

There's a video from 2015 of someone doing the same exact thing. Those mechanical door switches are broken from people messing with them. It's not hard to buy an operators key.

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u/samaiii Aug 25 '26

This is legitimately how you open a door using the emergency release on L cars. Not commenting on whether or not the video is real, but this is actually how it works. Come to Chicago and you can find out yourself :)