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Pedestrian
Insignificant items contribute to a nation's identity, like pedestrian crossings.You can tell you're in the UK if you see pedestrian crossing buttons like the one on the left. The tick-tocking of the button on the left can be heard in both the Republic of Ireland and Sweden, perhaps an indication tighter European integration, but more likely demonstrating the economies of outsourcing.However, these buttons may appear in more countries as yet unexplored. If found they shall be duly logged.
9 Comments:
There are still of the old ones (the ones on the left) around the place in Ireland.
I thought there were some yellow and black ones still around, but I wasn't sure. I keep an eye out for them, cheers!
Hello Phallus! :P
Hello yerself, Mr B! \(^o^)/
From the Prisma Teknik website:
"The TS model is an advanced acoustic pedestrian signal with a unique system for providing information about the traffic environment to elderly pedestrians or pedestrians with defective vision. The electronic front panel is used for requesting the go-ahead signal, and is a highly dependable solution. Prisma TS is noise-controlled, entirely electronic and designed to safeguard high service-reliability and long durability. Replacement and maintenance are facilitated by the easy mounting of the pedestrian signal, as well as its module construction."
The front panel button has no moving parts so it won't wear out, but there's still no explanation for the raised light- maybe the light can shine over a greater area when raised?
Incredibly, you can even download the noises this machine makes from here
I thought you'd like to know that in Eastern Europe, the little red and green men have actually been replaced by a stick man with a briefcase who lights up when it's safe to cross.
In the Czech Rep, the exact same character is accompagnied by (presumably) his pig-tailed daughter.
As soon as I get the hang of Flickr, I'll post a photo of it up.
Any luck with your claim down South?
did you know that on the old yellow and black ones, there is a rough spinning nub.
This spins when it is ok to cross, so that deaf & blind people know when to cross! How a deaf and blind person would find one of these things is beyond me though :)
I remember groping the undercarriage of many a crossing, fingers grasping for the elusive nub, conceeding pleasure when located and fondled.
Paul- for a man with so much time on my hands, my time management skills leave a lot to be desired. I'm currently wading through the housing benefit literature- the Northern Ireland Housing Executive have cannily hidden the maximum value you can claim to prevent abuse. Investigating the RoI benefits are high up on the 'to do' list.
ahh I miss the "tock tock" noise of the swedish pedestrian crossings.
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