The Little-Known Patterns on British Streets

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2:54
genuinely thought he was gonna get hit by that van to prove his point

[TomScottGo]

Apologies to anyone who's easily annoyed by mismatched patterns, because once you're primed to notice how often contractors get this stuff wrong, you'll see it everywhere...

[pyfoxx]

One of my favourite patterns in London is the thickly painted green line on the floor that goes all the way from the tube station to the front door of Moorfields eye hospital to help partially sighted people find their way to their appointments!

[danag]

I’m partially blind and I think It’s great that they’d do something like that for their streets. Where I’m from we have nothing. However the fact that they’re choosing to change the color of these dots to the normal concrete color is very inconsiderate. They put aesthetics over needs .its a shame.

[sansan-wmqf]

My day wasn't a total waste. I've learnt something . Thanks

[Cringemaster]

"When there are tons of metal flying past you" *walks in front of moving van without looking*

[metacob]

As a German, I always have to switch to a different mindset when coming to London. The cars drive in the other direction, and as a pedestrian, you cross the road when the lights are red, not green. Or whenever the hell you want. Especially when a policeman is watching. In Germany on the other hand, you always stop on red, even if it's the middle of the night and there are no cars around for miles. That's because an invisible child might be hiding in the bushes, watching you be a bad example.

[markanthony]

I am one of the unlucky ones, Partially Sighted and have Arthritis. Those raised markings kill my feet, but are great for me crossing the road, etc. No win situation.

[henryyoung]

Tom you missed the opportunity to explain considerations for deaf blind people. On the underside of the box with the crossing request button there is often a serrated knob. When the crossing visual and audible alerts are signaled, the knob rotates to provide tactile feedback for those unable to see and hear. It must take a great deal of nerve and trust to cross in such circumstances ! Another good adaptation which you'll see in Singapore. The crossing request boxes have a Senior Citizen card RFID reader enabling those who need a little extra time to cross to activate an extended time feature for the crossing.

[certifiedassman]

The amount of respect I have for blind people is insane. Being able to navigate through the streets, let alone a city as big as London, without sight is such an incredible ability.

[paulgrant]

These have probably saved the lives of fully sighted people as well. We so often are looking down at our phones as we walk along, having this visual and tactile clue that you're about to walk into a street has almost certainly stopped people from walking into traffic even without being consciously aware of the meaning of the patterns.

[itaybron]

i get a feeling one day we'll get a video from tom of him on the ISS

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

It's like you just feel inclined to listen to Tom and it’s so easy to follow along. I'm glad Tom decided to become an educator.

[frostie]

I'm a transportation engr in the US, and I've been intrigued by this for so long! I'm glad to understand it more even in another country and hope it helps communicating the importance of it to contractors moving forward 😊 thanks for the video!

[ftvfuntimevideos]

I find it fascinating to learn how much detail goes into designing cities!

[jamiecollins]

I've just learnt more stuff in a 2 min video than any shite that they put on tv over the course of a year . Thank you great vid

[therealdebater]

Tom, you are an example to the rest of the world (i.e. the Internet ;-) of how to present this sort of segment. You succeed in holding the watcher's interest, and putting across the ideas in a way that doesn't bore people to death in a few seconds, but without needing to resort to flashy gimmicks. Often the presenter's ego gets in the way of the message, but I think you pitch it just perfectly. 10 out of 10.

[RoyHelling]

I remember seeing this a couple years ago and thinking that it was great to see someone enthusiastically talking about this. Then during Rona I stumbled across Tom's channel. I just now realised that what I had seen all those years ago was one of Tom's Videos.
Thank you Tom Scott, you are an inspiration.

[mr.vivekss]

Tom is the person who makes even the pedestrian crossing an interesting one.

[william_]

I have to say, "Guidance on the use of tactile paving surfaces" sounds like a gripping read.