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yoker brian wrote:it's a device called a Tactile Cone, it's designed to assist pedestrians with visual impairments.
These rotate or shake when the pedestrian signal is green - the image of a "green man". indicating it's safe to cross.
Single crossings usually have a bleeper to help blind or partially sighted people know when it is safe to cross. These are not installed on dual crossings as a blind person could hear the far crossings bleeper and think it was safe to cross. In this situation blind pedestrians should use the tactile cone - virtually all signalled pedestrian crossings have a rotating knob underneath the WAIT box, which turns when the green man lights up.
DickyHart wrote:there is two talking ones on rutherglen main street. One oft hem has broke speakers and you cant make it anything it says.
DickyHart wrote:there is two talking ones on rutherglen main street. One oft hem has broke speakers and you cant make it anything it says.
Reverend Scapegoat wrote:"Tactile Cone"?
Pfft.
It's a Spinny Thing! :p
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