• I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org
    4·
    27 days ago

    In the US where I live (Washington state) the arrow points in the direction you want to walk. The posts usually have two buttons on them, one for each crossing direction.

    Maybe this one is for the highway to hell?

      • TehPers@beehaw.orgEnglish
        3·
        27 days ago

        The fiery pit of despair at the terminus of the downtown Seattle bike route is officially the area’s second portal to hell after the first opened last year at the SeaTac Airport Cell Phone Parking Lot.

        The SeaTac portal is for cars though, not bikes. Also, it’s a lot harder to navigate through hell there because you’re in a car.

        These bicyclists will never understand the struggle of driving a car safely. Speaking from experience, the SeaTac portal is one of the worst, especially because during holidays and weekends the staff at SeaTac move the portal to where the road leads to the terminal. You can tell they’ve moved it when you see the dozens of cars parked with their hazards in the shoulder (the one with a big sign saying “emergency parking only”).

        (And yes, /s)

      • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        27 days ago

        This is a fantastic read that seems to come straight out of a Dirk Gently novel… But I am completely confused and have the feeling that I am missing some crucial information?

    • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
      2·
      27 days ago

      Well, I think it actually makes sense if you read the arrow like you would on a map. Up is straight ahead, down is backwards and left and right are… well, left and right. Are the buttons usually mount differently, i.e. on the side of the pole instead of the front as it is the case here?

        • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de
          2·
          26 days ago

          That is different to Germany. Here they are basically exclusively mounted facing the crosswalks in some way. I think I have never seen them mounted in parallel…
          This might explain why we don’t have similar arrows, as in this configuration they might be less helpful…