> Will a child hold on to the gate as it opens in order to=
> "ride" it and if so what prevents injury.
As I child, I was a paper boy. The papers were delivered
to our town by train. We picked up our route package at
the train station as it was thrown from the baggage car
and then we delivered the papers.
Normally, we were at the train station before the train
arrived. I remember one occasion when the Greyhound bus
that crosses the tracks at the station had stopped a foot
or so beyond the crossing gate (but well away from the
tracks). The gate came down and struck the bus on its
roof, and then rested there. Small dent in the metal
roof.
This was exciting stuff for us paper boys!
We found that one paper boy, approximate age 10, pushing
down on the counterweights, could easily lift the gate
above the roof of the bus.
I'm not sure if one of us could ride the gate on its
upswing. We'd never do it because we'd have to do it in
front of 4 lanes of stopped traffic. I'm not at all sure
that the gate would lift a 10-year-old.
Anyway, it never crossed our minds.
But, I do know that once the gate was up, a 10-year-old
boy could not force the gate down by pushing on the
counterweights. It was clearly locked in the upright
position.
Best regards,
Rich
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