pushing the button for pedestrian crossing..pushing it once.
 

boy.

i ride my bike to work and i have bike crossing buttons and a myriad of ped crossing buttons. ours are fancy. they either say, "wait" or "beep" when you push a button.

what is it with people that stand there mashing the button repeatedly?
"wait, wait wait wait wait....................................."

i've installed those systems. that''s like the car backing up and back over the loop detector repeatedly .

i've yet to explain it to anyone..haha..dont want to get shived..

i wish i could program one to NEVER switch if you keep pushing the bottom..or program the electronic voice to say.."lay off the button you mother effer"

:D

Ever stand in a lobby waiting on an elevator and watch 10 people re-push the already lit 'up' button?

yup.^^

i watched a poor guy put an envelope into a blue PO box and open the door multiple times to confirmed it slid away to safety.

At an elevator, when a button is pushed, their is a light that acknowledges the "up" or "down" has been requested.

The pedestrian crossing does not have any acknowledgement that the pressing of the button did anything.
Human nature is to keep pressing until there is some result.

Nothing wrong with making sure. Absolutely sure...

Correct.

May be a failure on the part of people who install those things to consider providing feedback to the user, like maybe a digital timer that counts down to when the light will change.

Can't tell you how often I sit in the driveway, watch the garage door close, leave, get around the corner and wonder "did it close", then turn around to check.:(

I Cant Help ya Vash, I have watched you for years here posting your minuscule plethora of problems.
Every week you have several.
They are observations, of family, friends , animals ,in-laws , out laws, your kids, other people's kids. You name it, it is listed.
Some soap Opera somewhere is missing ya.
You could write for them.

Lift master myq app. I can confirm it from my phone.

But what if the app is wrong?

I've seen ped crossing buttons in my neck of the woods that light up with a red LED once the light is pushed.

This is a great "solution" (in quotes because, obviously, most traffic agencies don't consider there's a problem to solve.)

What I've noticed is there are different responses by the signal to the button push. At some intersections, the button does nothing more than activate the "Walk" sign once the signal goes through its regular timing cycle for the green light. In other words, failure to push the button results in a green light for traffic but no "Walk" command. At these types of intersections, peds tend to continually push the button because nothing seems to be happening as they wait for the cycle to complete.

At other intersections, I've witnessed the button change the cycle of the signal and the green for traffic, along with the "Walk" sign, appear sooner than the normal timing of the signal. At these intersections, peds tend to push once because they can see a result of the push within a few seconds.

Regardless of the type of intersection, I often see someone push the button, step aside a bit, and another person who has witnessed the pushing steps up and pushes it himself. Sort of saying, "Hey bud, I don't trust that you pushed the button correctly.":D

It never hurts to be sure of these things. I never flush the toilet until I have the stall door unlatched and I'm sure the door will open. I have nightmares about the horror of being in the stall with an overflowing toilet and a stuck door.

At a recent trip to a small two story office building I needed to go to the second floor. The stairwell is locked from the first floor for security so that is not an option. The elevator is SLOW. I walked up and pushed the button which lit up. Someone else walked up, looked at the lit button and pushed it again a few dozen times. The elevator finally arrived and we both got on. The control panel was on the side I went to so the mad button pusher sees me push the only logical button, the second floor. They then say "one please." I looked at them with a confused look and said you are already on the first floor. Then they said well I mean one more floor up. I replied there is only one more floor up, no other possible choices, and that is where the elevator is going to go. After that it will be able to go back down to the first floor. :confused:

me? i like to jab at the button while waiting - on my bicycle. maybe 10-15 beeps.
i never feel the need to do so while walking.

Damn I'm glad to know I'm not the only one! Pisses me off to "know" it's closed but have to go double check..

What about the idiots who push the button and then immediately proceed across the intersection without waiting....why did they even bother to push the button in the first place - except they're on a power trip - but are too dumb to understand how the process works....

Hmmm... I thought those buttons were there just to give pedestrians something to do while the lights go through their normal cycle. :p

I think we are related! lol

What I do to preclude the drive back to check if the garage door is closed. The first time and only time I check the door before leaving is to say T on the ADT sign on the garage door. If I can read the T on the garage door it is closed or else it is facing the garage ceiling.:)

Right you probably are.

https://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/02/10/placebo-buttons/

Not the whole article, but several excerpts.

Placebo buttons make sense.

A guy I know who has been the project manager for several commercial construction jobs has solved office complaints that it's too hot or too cold be giving the complainer a thermostat near their desk.

The thermostat is not connected to anything, but simply giving the complainer the illusion of control does the job.
In every case, the complaining has stopped. And the guy is looked at as a hero for giving such wonderful customer service.

Ain't the human brain interesting.......

The buttons I've seen only allow for more time to make it across. I don't think they start some timer to make light change sooner. At least where I've lived.

Simple solutions:

1. Put a sticker just above the button that says: OUT OF ORDER
2. Remove the button mechanism altogether and replace it with a sticker that says: WAIT UNTIL THE LIGHT IS GREEN, MORON

I'm going to have to relocate two traffic lights, and install 4 loop detectors this year for the AM/PM. I think I'll throw a special "Russ" loop detector in there so that I can have a special green light just for me.

I'm also going to install an elevator to get to the second floor. I know I'll have a special key for that, ha!

Laughed out loud at this one. Thanks !

You don't get it. Both of those would cause more work and aggravation. If you put an out of order sticker, then you'd have various nuts calling to ask when it will be fixed because it's been broken X long, or even calling in just to advise you that it's out of order. On top of that, the stickers and paying someone to install them would cost money. Removing the button mechanism altogether also costs money because you have to pay some one a lot more money than the guy that installed the stickers to remove the buttons. Then you also have to dispose of the buttons. Then you'll receive a crap load of calls from nuts that want to know why the buttons were removed or to let you know that someone stole all of the buttons.

If, however, you leave the buttons installed, it doesn't cost anything, and the nuts are happy because they have a button to push which makes them feel much better.

'Beg buttons' are really stupid and a symptom of bad design and bad thinking about use of the public way, but someone's got to be a contrarian here and I suppose it will be me - there are a series of intersections that I go through not-in-a-car on a regular basis that are equipped with Beg Buttons and, in fact, the ped crossing signal will only go on if you press them. Naturally, the lights for cars are not affected.

I was just kidding, Steve. And green font doesn't seem appropriate for that, but if it does to you, let me know and I'll use it next time.

The buttons shouldn't be there if their function isn't posted clearly. Just "Press Button To Cross Street" or whatever the typical sign says doesn't seem like enough. Or maybe have the sign say "Press Button Once To Cross Street."

Opinions?

I do it just to annoy people who get annoyed at the littlest things

The world needs more people who get annoyed at someone pushing the elevator button. Obviously.

Anyone remember the thread about people not parking in the lines? I rest my case.

^^^ A braindead troll is a very sad thing to see.

This isn't parf. Personal insults are not allowed here.

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I pushed them both. I bet your heads are about to explode from rage!

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Feed your rage!

You're providing the board with an 8th grade level course on how to be a pathetic loser troll... that's a valuable service.

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