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Tangent, but in Japan the close door button actually works; some elevators will even just sit there and wait until that button is pressed.
by pixelcort 11y ago
Tangent, but in Japan the close door button actually works; some elevators will even just sit there and wait until that button is pressed.
- kevin_thibedeau 11y agoThey are occasionally functional in the US too. Always worth a check if no one else is approaching the elevator.
- antsar 11y agoThere are non-functional "close" buttons? I assumed your GP was saying that the buttons do work, just that they don't need to be used because the door will close anyway. At least that's the case in any building I've been in.
- Vendan 11y agoMost(almost all) Elevators in the US have to comply with the ADA codes. One of those is that the doors have to be open for a certain amount of time, period. During this time, the "close" button is required to have no effect. After that time, the "close" button can close the doors, but this is usually about the time the doors would start closing anyways. In essence, the "close" button does nothing most of the time you are hitting it.
- antsar 11y agoInteresting, thanks for the insight. For anyone else reading this, here's a decent summary of the ADA requirements: http://sterlingelevatorcons.com/white-papers/elevators-and-the-ada/ http://sterlingelevatorcons.com/white-papers/elevators-and-t...