The Secret Button on Pedestrian Crossings

[tron_]

if you twist it and push the button at the same time it takes a screenshot

[yuvalne]

Tom in 2014: why do I do videos near roads?
Tom in 2020: does a single take 10 minute video near a road

[SocksWithSandals]

I did not know that.
I normally never put my hands under surfaces I can't see in case there's chewing gum or snot or a snail.

[mllux]

Color-blind- vision-imparied person speaking here.

I live in Germany, and we kind of have the same thing, apart from it not rotating, but vibrating. So when I walk up to a crossing, I always loook for these buttons. Makes life so much easier for handicapped people, and fortunately, this system is mandatory for all crossings in Germany since the 1990s, so I can find them anywhere. Thanks, government!

[NRKW]

"Disability isn't a thing that turns on or off"
THANK YOU!!!
It's amazing to me how many people don't actually understand this simple fact.

[Eazye]

I was hoping that the secret button would let people play tetris

[JoeRosarioBZ]

We used to think that turning it made the lights switch faster 👌

[offbeat]

Oh that's what they're for? I always thought twisting them made the lights change quicker >.>

[James-unmm]

I love how this highlights good ideas which support people with disabilities. The world needs more of these.

[eyem]

Here in Australia, we have a vibrating metal plate that you put your finger on, that vibrates steadily when red, and rapidly when green.

[Shigbeard]

In Sydney, Australia (and most of Australia for that matter), our crossings have a little embossed set of arrows that seem innocent enough, but in the center of them is a small piece of metal that will pulsate slowly indicating it is unsafe to begin crossing, but rapidly to indicate that it is safe to begin crossing. It's pulses coincide with the beeps made from the crossings, which is prevalent at every crossing I can think of at this time.

[j.t.hartzfeld]

You brits are lucky.  In the states, we're lucky if we have crosswalks, and if we do, we're doubly lucky if they actually work properly.

[daltonw.]

The guy crossing the road on red as you said "couldn't make out that signal" just made the video so much better.

[Hellzabeth]

Ohhh.... kids in my school used to say you could twist the little nodule to make the lights change faster.

[ThatJay]

in Australia all the traffic light controlled pedestrian crossings have metal speakers and lights so someone who is deaf can see the light, someone who is blind can hear the sound, and someone who is both can feel the speaker.

[iKn-ftbc]

In Germany it's simple ... Vibration
Put your hand on it and wait (in doin it too when I'm bored)

[SgtHendrikson]

Tom is the guy making the english listening tasks for my exams, always near noisy roads.

[silvereaglexi]

in Australia whenever it is safe to cross the whole module vibrates and the vibrations are intensified on one part in particular.

[EanaHufwe]

_“Why do I do videos near roads?”_

*“THAT is something you might not have known!”*

[morphman]

"Why do I do videos near roads?"
Because you're in the UK, where it is near impossible to *not* be near a road at all times. Since I came to this country, not a single moment has passed without me hearing traffic... and I live in one of the smaller towns, that most people here call "the countryside".