never figured this one out.
2006-07-06 03:59:22 · 15 answers · asked by bogoyatoo 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
thanks catkinso3201 for being a b!itch and ruining all the fun
2006-07-06 05:43:04 · update #1
As an ATM maker, you don't know where your bank is going to put your machine. It could be at a street corner where a blind person can use it, or it could be at a drive through. It's pretty cheap to stick those bumps on the plastic buttons, so I bet they probably just put braille on all the ATMs they make. So chances are the bank just bought a bunch of ATMs, and all of them had braille.
2006-07-06 04:04:13 · answer #1 · answered by hobo joe 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As part of the Americans with disabilities act, the law requires accommodations for the blind. However, putting Braille on an ATM is virtually useless to the blind because once you swipe your card, the screen instructs you what to do next, and you must be sighted to do this. There are some talking ATM's which is a better accommodation. Granted, the blind do not drive, and is is kind of funny to see Braille on the drive through ATM's.
2006-07-06 04:09:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they don't make two different styles of ATMs. Then everyone gets an ATM that has braille no matter where it will be placed. Seems like it would be a waste of money to make two different kinds just to remove the braille on one.
2006-07-06 04:04:16 · answer #3 · answered by Christina 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if someone is driving a European Car drives up to the ATM in America the blind person can then use the ATM without letting the driver know their PIN!
2006-07-06 04:17:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's merely a recognition of the TRUE status of the quality of eyesight that characterizes most people behind the wheel of an automobile these days!
2006-07-06 04:35:35 · answer #5 · answered by THX1138 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always wanted to know that.
They are probably there because they are all made the same, some are put in the bank and others are put in drive thru.
2006-07-06 04:03:44 · answer #6 · answered by JennyWho? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a list of other questions very similar to yours. Next time check it out before posting a question that seems to get asked once a day....
2006-07-06 04:28:20 · answer #7 · answered by catkinso3201 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because, our nation's referees and umpires deserve the same ATM rights as everyone else!
2006-07-06 07:57:09 · answer #8 · answered by Carol J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In case the driver is blind drunk.
Seriously though, it's to allow for a blind passenger wishing to use the service.
2006-07-06 04:13:39 · answer #9 · answered by quatt47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, George Carlin wondered that too - political correctness gone berserk would be my guess.
2006-07-06 05:03:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋