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The Little-Known Patterns on British Streets

Tom Scott · Youtube · 18 HN points · 3 HN comments
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I thought about saying "secret patterns" or "mysterious patterns" in the title, but that'd be a lie: they're just mostly unknown! So let's talk about tactile paving, about design, about accessibility, and about those bumpy bits that you stand on when you're crossing a British street. // Thanks to Richard Holmes and the team from the RNIB! They're at http://rnib.org.uk, on YouTube at http://youtube.com/rnibuk and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/rnib !

The design manual is called Guidance on the Use of Tactile Paving Surfaces (Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1998) [PDF]: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/289245/tactile-paving-surfaces.pdf

Editor: Michelle Martin (@mrsmmartin)
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Apr 03, 2021 · 2 points, 0 comments · submitted by EndXA
People who are blind don't necessarily lack vision - that's why the bobbled paving slabs at the edge of crossings and train platforms are bright yellow. [1] Admittedly the LED wouldn't do anything a tactile or audible click wouldn't do here, but a blind user most likely would be able to see that an LED was lit somewhere.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdPymLgfXSY

> Finally, moving our content behind authentication allows us to better protect instructor intellectual property from “pirates” who have reused content for personal profit without consent.

Or maybe there are other considerations at stake.

> For better or worse, large portions of society (especially those found in academia and cities) have decided that a level playing field is more important than having any playing field.

That's completely false. What people has decided is that sometimes is worth having a small cost for the big benefit for everyone that it is to have accessibility. Without a more careful case your arguments falls into the Straw Man fallacy. (This fallacy includes an attempt to "prove" an argument by overstating, exaggerating, or over-simplifying the arguments of the opposing side and attacking that "straw man" argument instead of the original one.)

> This sort of stuff makes me furious and it's only going to keep happening.

I hope that this video helps you to understand what's suggested for help people with disabilities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdPymLgfXSY

It is about helping them, not about making things difficult for the rest. If you have the opportunity to talk with some disabled people that have seen their lives improved thanks to this measures probably you are going to be less furious and more happy about it. :)

Jan 11, 2017 · 3 points, 0 comments · submitted by davidbarker
Jan 09, 2017 · 13 points, 1 comments · submitted by open-source-ux
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Interesting. As a cyclist I guessed the cycle path/footpath pattern.

I'd noticed the other markings before though.

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