[HN Gopher] Sydney CBD is bringing back pedestrian "beg buttons" ___________________________________________________________________ Sydney CBD is bringing back pedestrian "beg buttons" Author : jakecopp Score : 8 points Date : 2022-12-19 21:29 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (jakecoppinger.com) (TXT) w3m dump (jakecoppinger.com) | jakecopp wrote: | I wrote a blog post about Transport for NSW removing full | automatic operation of the pedestrian buttons (aka "beg buttons") | in the Sydney CBD, evaluating each of their stated reasons why. | | You may recognise Australia's parking button sound from a sample | in Billie Eilish's hit Bad Guy, I've linked a video at the end of | the blog post! | Someone wrote: | In the first sentence (currently _"Transport for NSW (TfNSW) | has recently installed these around the Sydney CBD - a sticker | on top of a pedestrian "beg button" explaining the button is | redundant before 6am and after 10pm"_ ) I think you mean it's | redundant between 6am and 10pm | nhinck2 wrote: | There are two betweens. | [deleted] | jasonhansel wrote: | This is really dangerous. | | People used to not using the buttons during the day may not | remember to use them at night. They may not even be able to see | the labels at night, since (unlike any actual road sign, at least | in the US) they aren't even retroreflective. This is likely to | cause confusion, leading people to cross without a walk signal. | | So this will disproportionately endanger people walking at night | --which is already the peak time for driver-inflicted fatalities. | nhinck2 wrote: | This is pearl clutching of the highest order. | | If they can't see the labels at night so what? They use their | daytime experience of expecting it to be automatic and wait | awkwardly for nothing... or they push the button and the light | changes eventually. | cybervegan wrote: | Sorry dude, it says exactly the opposite of what you wrote. | zoklet-enjoyer wrote: | Lord of the Fries is so good. Someone needs to bring a store to | the US. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-12-19 23:00 UTC)