How come there is brail on drive up atm machines?
March 4, 2010 - 8:10 pm
Because the same face plate is used for walk-up ATM machines, and it’s cheaper to use the Braille ones than to make regular ones. They never know for sure WHERE an ATM will be installed when the face plate is made, so it would also make the process of ordering and shipping ATM parts much more complex and expensive.
March 5th, 2010 at 1:23 am
It’s a rather humorous side-effect of legislation to assist the disabled.
Blanket laws get passed all the time, with the intent of helping particular groups, such as the handicapped. These laws often have unexpectedly ridiculous consequences, though, because they don’t allow for special cases, or for common sense.
Braille on drive up ATMs is one example. Another is being forced to add a wheelchair-accessible ramp to your house even if you are not handicapped.
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March 5th, 2010 at 1:48 am
I don’t know about you, but I occasionally use drive through ATMs as a passenger.
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March 5th, 2010 at 2:29 am
So the machines will be interchangeable with the walk-up machines in the bank lobbies and grocery stores.
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March 5th, 2010 at 2:51 am
Because the same face plate is used for walk-up ATM machines, and it’s cheaper to use the Braille ones than to make regular ones. They never know for sure WHERE an ATM will be installed when the face plate is made, so it would also make the process of ordering and shipping ATM parts much more complex and expensive.
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Asked a Diebold employee the same question.
March 5th, 2010 at 3:06 am
If you think that’s odd, check this out. At a really nice convenience store I noticed that there are braille instructions on the diaper changing table in the restroom. How messy could that get, and who lets a blind guy carry a baby?
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