ABC第2新闻网在Facebook上进行“坐电梯危险还是电扶梯危险”的调查，调查结果显示，网友们认为电梯和电扶梯同样危险。
　　你每次乘坐电梯或电扶梯时，注意到上面粘贴的电梯检查证明了么？ABC第2新闻记者Joce Sterman寻访了一些电梯和电扶梯，发现其上粘贴的检查日期都已过期。
　　电梯检查证明表通常粘贴在电梯内乘客可以一眼看见的地方，其可表示这部电梯在定期进行维护检查。马里兰州的所有公共建筑内的电梯检查均由州电梯检查员负责，而私人建筑中的电梯检查则归第三方电梯检查员负责。
　　州检查员Paul Cole乘坐电梯的次数要比普通人多得多，他从事电梯安装、维修和检查工作已经25个年头。他说：“这项工作需要细心谨慎，因为这是为公众安全负责，每次检查工作都要确保万无一失。”
　　现在Cole正在检查一部电梯的实际操作系统，检查完他将进入电梯查看其它运行部件。他说：“当电梯门关闭时，我会检查门关闭的力的大小。我现在要把一个测力计卡在关闭的们之间，测力计会显示电梯门关闭时力的大小。”

See behind the doors of an elevator inspection

　　BALTIMORE - ABC2 News took it to Facebook and asked "What is more frightening: elevators or escalators".  Our Facebook fans responded and both turned out to be pretty frightening.
　　But have you ever noticed the inspection stickers on either the elevator you ride in or the escalator you ride on?  ABC2 News Joce Sterman took a look and found many with expired inspections.
　　Inspection certificates are tucked away in a box in every elevator so the public can see them. Those certificates are a sign the car has been checked out and up to date. State inspectors handle the inspections for public buildings through Maryland. But when we’re talking about the elevators in private buildings, that job falls to third party inspectors.
　　Paul Cole has more ups and downs than most people. He's spent 25 years of his life installing, maintaining and inspecting elevators. He explains, “You have to take it seriously. The public is riding this elevator and if I'm inspecting it obviously I want to do a good job because I want to make sure whoever is riding is going to be safe."
　　Cole checks the actual controls of the elevator, hidden in a nearby room. Once he's checked the controls, he moves onto the car itself and all its moving parts, “As the door is closing, I'm going to check door closing force. I'm going to stall the door, push my gauge