On 5 Jan 2005 14:15:34 GMT, Huge wrote:

"Paul Weaver" writes:

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CASCADING the belts, the key feature of my proposal.

£10 says it doesnt.
When I was a kid I had dreams of cascading belts whisking people along
shopping streets, but then I realised that in todays PC compensation culture
where even routemasters can't exist, there is no chance.

Ever read Heinlein's "The Roads Must Roll"?

http://technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=306

Didn't the belts kill hundreds in that book? Terrorists stoping belts dead
etc

How about the French high speed travelator

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3001182.stm

Though someone who nipped in to see it a little while back said it was
closed as people kept falling on their ass (by not bothering to read the
instructions)

Steve

"Steve Peake" wrote in message
.. .
How about the French high speed travelator

Looks and sounds cool, although not much use for hopping on/off
intermediatly. However...
"In some cases the Paris metro has had to pay compensation."

Which is why these schemes will not work.

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