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The number of over thinkers who have been trained to never press a crosswalk button, and don't think to press it when they are waiting a long time, is vanishing
by sukilot 11y ago
The number of over thinkers who have been trained to never press a crosswalk button, and don't think to press it when they are waiting a long time, is vanishingly small and not worth he investment in maintaining signage to report the current programming of the button.
- throwaway7767 11y agoWhat you call "over thinkers", I call normal people. We are pattern matching machines. One must be pretty dim to not notice a pattern crossing the same street every day for years. Your unsupported dismissal aside, clearly this is not a "vanishingly small" group. I mention this because the majority of pedestrians do not seem use the buttons. Those that do use them are mostly tourists. I have no idea where you are going with your talk about signage. I don't expect a printed-out flowchart or ladder diagram at every intersection. But not putting up nonfunctional switches seems a small thing to ask, especially given the problems that result, as described in my post.