| Post 5: "Third Rail is Alive"=>Musings on this warning sign found in the Subway...Please note that Post 4 is not finished yet and when I am done with that I will repost it up here =]
Post 5: "Third Rail is Alive"=>Musings on this warning sign found in the Subway...
I
saw this sign in the subway station while going to class. The sign
caught my attention because of the word alive. Really I think that the
MTA was trying to tell me not to go down in the subway tracks (which is
really common sense as to why) because the third rail contains a 1200 V
(Watts) which essentially can kill anyone.
So I was wondering
why the MTA posted the sign the "third rail is alive." In all
seriousness, the image that came to my head would be a rail coming to
life and trying to eat someone 0.0! I know I am weird -.-. But I think
that the warning sign should change to something like "Third Rail
carries an electric charge that can kill you."
Of course the
sign was really small and that message cannot fit the size of the
warning sign. So I wonder what other people think about this. I think
this warning sign is good for tourists to know that the third rail
carries electricity. I guess that's what the sign really meant when it
says third rail is alive.
But I wonder if tourists would
understand that the warning sign really is taking about the fact that
the third rail carries an electric charge of 1200 V (Watts) and that it
can kill anyone?
To
the audience: What are your thoughts on this? If you read this sign,
would you understand the meaning behind the warning sign? Please comment below this post (and if replying to this post, say post 5 in the comment)!
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