Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Crosswalks
One thing they do better in Germany and Ireland is the crosswalks. Maybe some larger U.S. cities have this, but I've never seen it...when the crosswalk sign goes green for walk it also makes a noise, like a clicking noise. This gives you audible and well as visual signals that it's OK to cross. It's not a big deal, but it was nice for when you're in a mob and can't see the sign very well yourself.

In Ireland, when you stood at the crosswalk and looked down, they had painted "Look Right" or "Look Left" with an arrow pointing the appropriate direction. Like I said, it's pretty disorienting when people are driving on the wrong side of the road and I guess they've learned that they need to warn the 99% of the world that drives on the right side of the road. It's hard to overcome 36 years of training to look "left, right, left."

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Written at 9:43 AM by Highlandgal.
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