Why crosswalk buttons don't work

Many buttons we use everyday actually have no effect — but there's a psychological reason they are still helpful.

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[franciscodiaz]

I'm thinking it's not cost effective to remove the walk buttons.

[alistairwall]

This has been the case in France for a while, but all crossing buttons in the UK start the sequence