Can you explain to me why the drive up ATM has braille on it?

You can read all about it there. 0% 0 Votes

Easy. The buttons on the ATM aren%26#039;t just used for drive-up ATMS. They can be used on any number panel. It%26#039;s much less costly to make one generic button (with numbers and braille) than to make two separate buttons. 0% 0 Votes

Yet another example of government regulation run amok 0% 0 Votes

so the blind knows where they are? idk. 0% 0 Votes

You and I both know that blind people drive. I had one in front of me today and they need to get money out fast like everybody else. 0% 0 Votes

Damn good question...never thought about it. Too funny. Scary Thought, too. 0% 0 Votes

Because it%26#039;s cheaper to just make one kind of ATM pad that they can use for both the regular and drive-thru ATMs rather than one with braille for the regular ATMs and one without for the drive-thru. 13% 1 Vote

answer is in the question 0% 0 Votes

When the keypads are built in factories, they aren%26#039;t specially made for specific ATM%26#039;s. So the same keypads and stickers and such are made and used for all ATM%26#039;s. So the same keypad and stickers that are put on the drive up are also put on ones anywhere else. It saves time and money. 0% 0 Votes

A lot of people have poor eyesite and have learned braille so they can use the ATM%26#039;s. Some people are blind and have a caregiver drive them to the bank so they can with draw or deposit money. Braille is alot more common that you would think. My question is why do they ask me if I want Spanish or English. That really bothers me. I do know a lot of blind people and it is just a service the bank offers to them. 0% 0 Votes

A prime example of how bureaucracy can be amazingly stupid!

Here%26#039;s the story: some years ago (1990) when the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed, one of the things that happened thereafter is that various agencies drafted regulations and standards to make public facilities accessible.

Now that makes sense. But--one of the regulations says that ATMs had to have Braille so persons with visual impairements could use them. And believe me, as a blind person, I can tell you that this accomodation, which costs almost nothing, is a BIG help.

But when they drafted the regulation, no one thought about the fact that some ATMS didn%26#039;t need Braille (the drive-up ones) for obvious reasons.

So, since no one thought to be specific, the rule said all ATMs--and so the banks had to put Braille on ALL ATMs!

BTW--I think they changed that, but a lot of drive-up ATMs still have Braille--too much trouble to remove it. 0% 0 Votes

I was just about to be like duh for the blind people.
But now thinking about what blind person drives?
Hmmm...maybe like in case if someone drives them
to the ATM and they just get out themselves and do
their transaction. But lately having things like that have
really been going to affect. So who knows. 0% 0 Votes