Now that you thought the pavements were safe.
I’m seeing white and yet there’s no stray voltage in sight. Pedestrians, put all your basic street smarts into immediate practice to weather this storm wisely. Stay away from and off any outdoor electrical equipment –avoid all metal grates, manholes, delivery doors as the newer ones are motorized, fire call boxes, phones, and even seemingly intact lamppost compartments, can leak voltage. Utilize non-metal leashes and when in doubt, carry your dog. If you’re pooch is resisting an area, it’s probably energized so choose an alternative route. You’re native New Yorkers, nobody navigates a sidewalk better than you. Besides, it wouldn’t kill you to look where you’re going, would it?
March 30th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
It seems to me that the only workable way to prevent or greatly minimize being shock by street lamps or manhole covers is the Electrified Cover Safeguard technology which flashes a light and a sound if anything becomes electrified.
Their concept of a warning light and siren seems by far to be the most logical system since even if the wires are tested today, the lamp post or manhole or whatever may become electrified tomorrow and since we can not smell or hear electricity, there is no way for us to know when something is dangerous. I went back to their site, www.manholesafety.com and noticed that they actually have a patent on the on site warning concept and it seems that they license the technology to companies to build the technology into their product line. Also, existing infrastructure can be retro-fitted. So my feeling is that NYC should license this technology and then retrofit the existing infrastructure and at the same time, insist that all new manholes and street lamps incorporate this in the system.