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Caption from a photo: "Tactile paving used to create decorative patterns or zigzag routes." Zigzag routes. That sounds terrible. I'm having a hard time articul
by delinka 10y ago
Caption from a photo: "Tactile paving used to create decorative patterns or zigzag routes."
Zigzag routes. That sounds terrible. I'm having a hard time articulating my reaction here, but can you imagine a moderate crowd on the sidewalk, most of them seeing, and a blind person attempting to zig and zag through the crowd?
- aylons 10y agoBelieve me, the decorative pattern is even worse. It consists of an alternating horseshoe-like pattern, only square, so anyone following it would not only zig-zag, but alternate back and forth. Of course, blind people are not robots and would soon realize the nonsense, but surely it can't help anyone.
- 21 10y agoThe decorative pattern could be interpreted as a "fuck you blind people" sign. Of course, incompetence is more likely, maybe the worker installing them had no idea what to do with the yellow tiles.
- taneq 10y agoIt could be worse - they could create closed loops on which blind people would get stuck until they figured it out. It's a perfect example of what happens when a designer has to use a set list of components but isn't aware of the reasons behind the components chosen.