Can somebody please tell me why there are brail keys on the ATM machines at the drive through of a bank. This just throws all kinds of flags with me……Thanks
2007-05-13 02:11:30 · 15 answers · asked by Scotto 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I think this is just one more example of the world gone insane. Down here in Australia, some guys from "the chases war on everything" pretended to be a blind taxi driver and wouldn't you know it, everyone who got in the taxi was too afraid to say anything because they didn't want to offend a blind person so agreed to direct him from the back seat. "Stop, there's a car in front." "Swerve left slightly, no, that's too much." Funniest thing to watch, and funnier still because if it had been me I would have been doing the exact same thing.
2007-05-13 02:40:14 · answer #1 · answered by bnr_conspiracies 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's probably because the factories that produce the ATM machines don't know where the ATMs are going to be placed. They simply mass produce ATM machines with braille and send it off to the banks that need them. Having some of them placed in the drive-through is merely a matter of consequence, not foolish blindsight (no pun intended).
But Mamacusa also makes a good point. The driver of the car doesn't necessarily have to be the one to operate the ATM machine. Maybe someone else drives the visually-impaired person to the ATM, who punches in the PIN himself...so maybe it's a good thing that some drive-through ATMs have braille keys... just in case a similar situation like that occurs.
2007-05-13 09:52:38 · answer #2 · answered by mojo_lorelai 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The same ATM units that are used for drive up banking services are often used for walk up self service banking. Rather than create different keys for both units, or create different machines, the same keys and machines are used. This is simply meant to be more cost effective. They are superfluous on drive up units, unless perhaps a blind passenger was insistent on getting out of the vehicle and using the machine. But I think that you can understand why braille keys would be necessary on a walk up banking station.
2007-05-13 09:47:02 · answer #3 · answered by Timaeus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All atm's have brail keys. otherwise they would have to make special ones just for drive throughs. It's cheaper mas production
2007-05-13 11:35:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe a blind person got a ride but wants to use the ATM privately. It could be done by sitting in the back seat and having the driver pull forward a bit.
2007-05-13 12:38:40 · answer #5 · answered by Marilyn S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't go to the trouble of making 2 sets of keys, one set for walk-up ATM's, and one set for drive-up. They just use the same keys for both and don't worry too much about it.
2007-05-13 11:31:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can understand your quandary, as I've wondered this myself. The only possibility that I can think of is that the machines are made to be used either in a driveup, or at a regular kiosk. Therefore the keyboards, would be made in a more universal way.
2007-05-13 09:30:37 · answer #7 · answered by Beau R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's cost effective.
Designing and producing ATMs for sighted and blind individuals is costly. Producing one type of ATM that allows the blind access is less expensive.
2007-05-13 11:50:11 · answer #8 · answered by guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a generic plate that goes on all ATMs...walk up AND drive up.
2007-05-13 22:50:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Case the blind are behind the person who drove them to the machine.
2007-05-13 10:37:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋