They make me nervous too, because I’ve seen accidents on them. One involved a man who fell with his suitcase, and couldn’t get back up. I was higher up on the same escalator, and no one else was around. The emergency button is usually on either end - so not in a place either one of us could reach it. Fortunately, he finally managed to push his bag and roll off, rather than continuing to struggle. Otherwise, my suitcase and I would’ve been caught up in it, too. The other thing that worries me with kids on those things is loose shoelaces - a real recipe for disaster/severe injury.
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