The secret button

[raindropsies]

I never knew they existed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-22706881

[poppa501]

Well that's nice. I didn't know it existed either.

[sherlock07]

Neither did I

[bluebedouin]

I found out some years ago.I think if anyone has a member of the family,or a close friend,who is disabled in any way they tend to become aware of things like that.
Funnily enough MBW & I were discussing peoples awareness earlier.We'd been out,her on her mobility scooter & me on my pushbike.There is still a great lack of dropped kerbs & those that are dropped are constantly being parked across.Also parking on pavements,leaving no room for a scooter or a child's buggy to pass.

[moonwitch]

"Hugh Huddy is blind and works for visual impairment charities' umbrella group Vision 2020. He says he is always pleased to see a cone on a crossing but wouldn't just walk into a road because of a spinning mechanism: "An important point to make is that I wait for the cone to rotate but combine the information that it gives me with listening to the traffic on the road in front of me. You can hear whether they're changing gear or slowing down."

Eh??? That makes no sense???

[sherlock07]

perhaps by see he means feel

[RonOne]

That's a brilliant idea.
Shame they didn't tell anyone.

[bluebedouin]

That's a brilliant idea.
Shame they didn't tell anyone.

They did,the people who need it most.

[RonOne]

They did,the people who need it most.

That is not always the best answer.
No harm would evolve from letting all people know about this gadget, but good might.

[madelaine]

I shall now be looking out for them. Telling the general public would encourage them to move away a bit making it easier for those who need it, to be nearer to it?