If public transit operators can put a breakable plexiglass shield over the emergency door opening handle, on every bus, it's not a very high technical barrier.
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Sean Donelan <s...@donelan.com> wrote: > > See that big red button on the wall under the sign "Do Not Push This > Button!".... > > > DC 911 outage caused by contractor error > http://wtop.com/dc/2016/08/dc-911-outage-caused-by-contracto > r-who-pulled-wrong-switch/ > > WASHINGTON — D.C. is now operating two separate 911 centers after a power > outage caused by human error left the nation’s capital without any > emergency phone service for almost an hour on a busy weekend night. > > A contractor working Saturday night inadvertently pulled an emergency > power shut off switch that cut electricity to the 911 phone system and a > call routing system at the District’s Unified Communications Center, said > the center’s Director Karima Holmes. > > “Unfortunately because it was human error we weren’t prepared for it,” > Holmes said. > > [...] > > >
