Chapter 3: Landing door locking devices

摘要

Cinema films feature diabolic lifts which, by themselves, open car doors in front of an unwary passenger unaware that a lift car is not there and that finally falls down in the empty shaft. This scene usually ends with a shot of the suspension ropes trembling scornfully. Without any attempt to decrease the cathartic effect of such a scene, which exorcises our worst nightmare (immediately after the one where we are caught trapped in an insane car), the real world is completely different.