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2. Grab bar - Wikipedia

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   Grab bars can be installed in different positions: Vertical grab bars may help with balance while standing. Horizontal grab bars provide assistance when sitting or rising, or to grab onto in case of a slip or fall. Some grab bars can be installed at an angle, depending on the needs of the user and the positioning.

3. Standing passenger - Wikipedia

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   grab handle – a pivoted, rigidly-mounted, or suspended handle often mounted above eye level of standing passengers; handrails – rigid rails running horizontally below the ceiling; stanchions – vertical poles anchored between the floor and ceiling; grab rails or grab bars – smaller hand rails attached to seats, doors, and doorways

4. Handrail - Wikipedia

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   Similar items not covered in this article include bathroom handrails—which help to prevent falls on slippery, wet floors—other grab bars, used, for instance, in ships' galleys, and barres, which serve as training aids for ballet dancers. Guard rails and balustrades line drop-offs and other dangerous areas, keeping people and vehicles out.

5. 59 Times Police Were Called on People For The Dumbest Reasons

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   Image credits: Dave Baldwin #5. One Christmas at the relatives’ house, with the whole extended family present, some of the over-active boys were playing in one of the lounge rooms.

6. School bus crossing arm - Wikipedia

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   The 1990 death of six-year-old Elizabeth "Betsy" Anderson, in Washington State, led to the installation of school bus crossing arms, also referred to as "Betsy Bars" or "Betsy Gates" on all Washington state school buses by 1992. [citation needed] The crossing arms, when extended, require students to cross at least 5 feet (1.5 m) in front of the bus

7. Fall prevention - Wikipedia

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   Fall prevention includes any action taken to help reduce the number of accidental falls suffered by susceptible individuals, such as the elderly and people with neurological (Parkinson's, Multiple sclerosis, stroke survivors, Guillain-Barre, traumatic brain injury, incomplete spinal cord injury) or orthopedic (lower limb or spinal column fractures or arthritis, post-surgery, joint replacement ...