Not withstanding any safety concerns who is going to pay for all of this? This is some serious safety stuff especially when it is out in front of the general public to touch. Many years ago my company did some testing on metalic items along a new brick covered walkway. This was brought on by the fact that I was waiting in line to get into a popular dinner establishment and got tired after a hard day at work so I leaned on a lamp post. As I moved away from the lamp post my hand brushed across it and did I get a wake up call of about 112 volts.

The local AHJ at the time did not consider it a problem plus he worked for the city where it happened. Guess what five years later I was the AHJ and went around testing various metalic devices along the street. Wow never new there could be so many problems but the city still did not want to spend the money to get it fixed.

I got the local news involved and citizens came out of the wood work filing complaints and finally the items were repaired. Needless to say I was let go from my job shortly there after. I guess I caused a rather large expense for the city and they wanted me to move on so as to find nothing else that would cost them money. I would do it over again if I had the chance. I figure if you are not allowed or cannot do your job properly it is best to leave the job. There are many hot spots all around major citys and something should be done. I consider it a life safety issue.