Loblaws recently installed 7 foot high Plexiglass barriers that funnel people out of the stores. They claim it will stop theft and make people safer.
Many people have voiced concerns about these barriers possibly being a fire hazard, in the sense that they might create a bad bottle neck in the event of an evacuation. Many people panic during an emergency. However, I have also seen many people stating that it’s not technically against the fire code.
In your opinion, is this a hazard? Do you think it’s fine, or do you think that this could be one of those situations that ends up causing new regulations to be added after casualties happen? Do you think that people are too worried, or do you think that these concerns are valid?
https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2024/04/ontario-barriers-exit-loblaws-store/
Is only the plexiglass new? The railings were already there? Railings like that is pretty common in the US. ¯\(ツ)/¯
Now they have both.
When I still shopped there, it wasn’t uncommon to see people bump into those railings. This one lady tried to go through the same piece of railing four or five times before she realized that it was there lol.