Why do drive-in bank atms have braille characters on them?

Answer 1

OMG! Never saw it that way! (No pun intended.....lol). The machines and the key pads are pre-manufactured like so. It's an industry standard.

Answer 2

So that blind people can walk up to them and use them. I know that this sounds rather silly, because a blind person cannot drive, but not all banks have outdoor ATMS, and the Federal government has a lot of funny rules concerning people with disabilities gaining access to the same services that sighted people do. I have worked with the disabled, so I am somewhat familiar with some of these rules.

Answer 3

Someone asked this question a few weeks ago...was it you??
It's because people also use the ATM's as walk-ups. A seeing person can drive a blind person up near the ATM but not right to it, and let the blind person get out and go up to the ATM and do his or her transactions in privacy (they have ATMs with voiced instructions, since a blind person obviously can't make selections from the screen). That's what I think, anyway. :D

Answer 4

Some people are sight-impaired. They can see enough to drive, but have problems reading small print. Also, the ATM may be a universal model, used at walk-up locations and drive-throughs both.

Answer 5

Because the same atms are used for non drive-ins and they don't want to make two types.

Answer 6

For those who walk to the ATM - or could be riding in the back seat.

Answer 7

The same reason the elevators for the air traffic control towers at the airport do.

Answer 8

Why would you design a Machine just for Drive ins .to stop you from asking silly questions?

Answer 9

Some people let their fingers do the walking, like they do thru the yellow pages.

Answer 10

gee, you have drive through atms, we're a little behind here in aus!