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  • Evil1
    Confirmed User
    • Mar 2002
    • 3893
    #1

    Maybe Im fucking stupid but can anyone...

    explain to me exactly what the fuck the braille is for on a drive through ATM? That could very well be the stupidest fucking shit I've noticed this year!
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    • John3
      Confirmed User
      • May 2003
      • 1214
      #2
      I agree, I've seen braille in other places that seem ridiculous.

      I'm not sure but it might have something to do with some sort of government regulation requiring access for people with dissabilities. Maybe next they'll require braille labels in cars, too

      Hook 'em.

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        • NinjaSteve
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Dec 2003
          • 11089
          #3
          If a blind person needs money and the bank is closed, the only way they can get it is through an ATM. So a few options are:

          ATMs use standard number pads and buttons, it's cheaper to just use the same ones for all machines instead of special non-brail just for the drive up.

          Or

          If there are not other ATMs around and a blind person must go to the bank, their friend (or somebody) could drive them over to the ATM and that way they are still secure without giving out their pin number.
          ...

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            • xclusive
              Too lazy to set a custom title
              • Apr 2004
              • 35218
              #4
              Drive-up ATM buttons are marked with braille because federal regulations require it. To be specific, section 4.34.4 of the ADA Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (Appendix to Part 1191, 36 CFR Chapter XI, issued pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990) says, "Instructions and all information for use [of an automated teller machine] shall be made accessible to and independently usable by persons with vision impairments." Drive-up ATMs, unlike the walk-up variety, don't need to be wheelchair accessible, but the rules make no exception regarding accessibility by the blind.

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                • Tricksy
                  Confirmed User
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 2601
                  #5
                  didn't know about it.....thanx 4 the info!


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                    • shaverhunter
                      Registered User
                      • Jan 2004
                      • 93
                      #6
                      Yeah fine - but what the fucks the blind person doing driving?

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                        • Shok
                          Confirmed User
                          • Apr 2001
                          • 5611
                          #7
                          A funny thing to do to blind people, is to sneak into their home and leave the plunger in the toilet.

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                            • wyldblyss
                              Confirmed User
                              • Nov 2003
                              • 5779
                              #8
                              Originally posted by shaverhunter
                              Yeah fine - but what the fucks the blind person doing driving?
                              They aren't driving, it is just a Federal Regulation stating the machines have to be accessible to people visually impaired.

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                                • fris
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                                  • Aug 2002
                                  • 55826
                                  #9
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                                    • OldJeff
                                      'cheeky curmudgeon'
                                      • Feb 2003
                                      • 2574
                                      #10
                                      Yep - the numbers have to be braille, of course to actually do anything with the machine you have to be able to read the touch screen.
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                                        • OldJeff
                                          'cheeky curmudgeon'
                                          • Feb 2003
                                          • 2574
                                          #11
                                          Yep - the numbers have to be braille, of course to actually do anything with the machine you have to be able to read the touch screen.
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                                            • mardigras
                                              Bon temps!
                                              • Feb 2003
                                              • 14194
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by Evil1
                                              explain to me exactly what the fuck the braille is for on a drive through ATM? That could very well be the stupidest fucking shit I've noticed this year!
                                              You may not be fucking stupid but you could possibly be going blind. I was cracking jokes about this 10 years ago
                                              .

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                                                • mardigras
                                                  Bon temps!
                                                  • Feb 2003
                                                  • 14194
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by shaverhunter
                                                  Yeah fine - but what the fucks the blind person doing driving?
                                                  Blind person is in the back seat, behind the driver
                                                  .

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