Originally Posted by
ysslah
Passengers (and sometimes drew) who take up the entire width of escalator or walkway and don't move over no matter how many people are lined up behind him/her.
+1
Those are for moving people long distances (like 747 wingspan distances)when they're in a hurry. If they installed them for people to stop and rest, there would be chairs on them. Like the cripple carts.
Stopping on a moving walkway for 30 seconds will cost your journey the same amount of time as stopping in the middle of the hallway for 30 seconds; difference being that people can go around you if you stop in the middle of the hallway.