[HN Gopher] Sydney CBD is bringing back pedestrian "beg buttons"
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       Sydney CBD is bringing back pedestrian "beg buttons"
        
       Author : jakecopp
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2022-12-19 21:29 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | 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.
        
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