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[Video] Australia's pedestrian buttons (design)
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I had one I used as a doorbell, but it was the previous model where "Walk" would glow in red when the button was pressed. I reckon it was more interesting that the one shown. It attracted quite a few comments from visitors including "Now, where did you get that!?"
I also had an old drive-in speaker (that hooked on a car window) which I found at a kerbside rubbish collection. I sold it to a collector for $800 :-+.
Brumby:
--- Quote from: Fred27 on March 01, 2021, 10:17:12 am ---Also, anyone else think it's a bit sad the the illuminated pavement/sidewalk for people who can't glance up from their phones is necessary.
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Yep. :palm:
Gyro:
--- Quote from: Fred27 on March 01, 2021, 10:12:22 am ---I the UK we have a different way of solving the issue of alerting the visually impaired without disturbing local residents. There's a small knurled knob on the underside that rotates when you can cross. (It also helped me once when I had a really severe migraine as I was walking home.)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-22706881
Definitely superior to the Aussie design. ;)
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They're known in the industry as 'Tactiles'. They're very nice coreless Maxon 24V geared motors too!
I never worked out why the BBC ran that article. Anybody with sight defects was already aware of them and nobody else needed to know.
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