Do you hold the rails when walking stairs?

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    Well, pretty basic. Do you, why or why not? Do you hate walking stairs without rails on the side?

    I tend to put my arms up on the side of rails instead of necessarily holding them, just for a security thing.
     
    I definately do.

    Since i stepped on one of my friends shoes and tripped down the stairs.
     
    i hate heights, when i go up stairs i have this fear that they are gonna fall down. so yeh i have to hold the rail.
     
    The rail on my stairs only starts about halfway down. So I hold onto the wall instead until I can get a hold of the rail. xD If there is rails on stairs in public, I hold onto them. Then on those stairs that go up themselves, I always hold onto the rail because I feel like I'm going to fall back.
     
    Well, seeing as I'm quite the clumsy person, yes, I do hold the rails.
     
    It usually depends, but more often than not I won't use the rails. I just don't see the point when I know I'm not going to fall unless someone trips me.
     
    I slide my hand down the rails as I go down the stairs. =P

    It won't help, because if I do fall, my reactions are too slow to get a proper grip, but it's a habit.
     
    I didn't when I was little but now that I'm 15 I've somehow gained a fear for heights even though I use to be jumping of places twice my height. So yes I do hold onto the rail when I go up and down the stairs.
     
    I'm afraid of heights, so If I'm going over an overpass I have to cling to the rail, lest I have a f*cking panic attack xD
     
    It depends on the height between me, my destination, and my previous spot. If I am at a place where falling down will mean the death of me, I will at least put my hands on railing. This had never happened to me before, however. I usually do place my hands on the rail on an escalator. It could be out of laziness. Out of those situations, I can't think of anything else in mind.

    Things aren't so much different when it involve the rails in one's household. I have a steady balance of myself, and I not foolish enough to go up the stairs with somoene on it. That would only mean that the both of us would have to move. During that moment, anything could of happened that would place us in a dangerous position. Someone could've tripped and fell on the other, or a person might have been hit by a body part of the other person and are tumbling down the stairs. Stuff like this happened before; I've seen many people fell down the stairs because the aforementioned reasons. That, or someone might have pushed someone by accident or on purpose.

    I've never fell down someone else's stairs before. So, I guess I'm too reluctant to use a rail as well. No one had ever pushed me off before, nor had I been in a collision with someone else. My fear of heights won't come to effect when I'm only a few feet off the earth. I also didn't take to account how dirty the rails are. It's been outside since the day it was made till the day it erodes. Between that time, the rails would get dirtied by rain, dust, bird dropping, pollin, etc. In my opinion, sometimes, putting your hands on the railing is not such a good idea. Well, at least clean your hands after.
     
    Usually no. Who knows if the rail is dirty, and the reason it's filthy.
     
    My parents' old house had stairs in it and the handrail had a jagged underside. One time, when I was 14 or so, I cut a fairly large gash in my hand from gripping the railing just wrong. D:

    Since then, I've rarely if ever used handrails from a subconscious fear of losing my hand. >_>

    Also, I have the tendency to run up and down stairs, so handrails just slow me down. :D
     
    At college, yes, since I'm in a hurry. Well, I don't think I actually hold on to the railing when I'm walking stairs, only when I'm out of breath and I need it for support. Five floors and a weak body doesn't mesh.

    When I'm going downstairs, definitely. I always carry my laptop, so I slow down when I'm going downstairs and at least have my hand touching the railing.

    Anywhere else, I don't usually grab the railing because it's usually outdoors, and I've seen a lot of nasty surprises on those railings.
     
    Well at my house we don't have a railing on our stairs. I think we took it off one time when we had to get something big up or down the stairs. It's probably kind of dangerous but we're used to it. Anywhere else though I do usually hold on to a railing if there is one.
     
    I don't know really... . Sometimes I do, and sometimes I don't. It might depend on the length of the stairs/what mood I am in. Usually, however, I grab the rail, and them use it to boost a jump to the bottom of the steps(if they are short enough.) xD
     
    at home, sometimes. not always, but i'll do it absentmindedly
    (i remember sliding down the rails as a kid :D )

    in public, i tend to avoid it cuz y'know, germs D:
    and in elevators, i'd rather lean against the side than stand in the middle

    and lol, i couldnt imagine falling from stairs and hanging by the railing xD
     
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