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From: Eric.Bohlman@p1.f778.n115.z1.fidonet.org (Eric Bohlman)
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Subject: Audible traffic signals
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Date: 19 Nov 90 22:01:12 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Why don't they just make a little box with a speaker and a button that mounts  
on the post?  The box would say "green" or "red" when the button is pushed.   
In fact, the button could just as well be the one that's now used to request a  
"walk" signal (we have lots of those in Chicago, don't know about the rest of  
the country).  When you press the button, the box would announce whether it  
was currently OK to cross; if not, it would announce when the change occurs.

This couldn't possibly cost as much as the horn system, it wouldn't be a  
distraction, sighted people probably wouldn't even notice it and it could even  
be made part of standard traffic signal designs.
 

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