Do pedestrian crossing buttons actually do anything?
Personally I think they are just psychological. A technical placebo if you will. I noticed tonight when I was shopping in “beautiful downtown Burbank” that they have updated a few of the pedestrian crossing buttons with fancy blinking buttons that beep when you push them. I still don’t think they do anything, I think the beep and blink is another psychological trick, In your mind, when you push a button, you expect something to happen, the old plunger style buttons didn’t do anything and left you wondering if anything was going to happen. This is probably my most bizarre posting just wondering if anyone has any proof that these things actually change the light quicker. Next week we’ll discuss the close door button on an elevator 