http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Ped crossings - secret spinning cones en Fri, 22 May 2026 03:21:44 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10307#post-112329 Thu, 30 May 2013 12:17:48 +0000 crowriver 112329@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some crossings have special buttons on the underside of the box (not cones). If you press these, the crossing makes a high pitched beeping sound. If you just press the normal button, the crossing is silent...</p> <p>I always use the underside button if there is one. The crossing sequence is usually so brief that any additional cue is valuable to give you more time before traffic starts bearing down on you. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10307#post-112327 Thu, 30 May 2013 12:12:30 +0000 fimm 112327@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'd <em>never</em> heard of these before. Neat.</p> <p>(Don't read the comments on the BBC, btw, they're all about red-light-jumping cyclists. Which I totally agree blind/partially sighted people have a particular right to rant about.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10307#post-112325 Thu, 30 May 2013 12:03:00 +0000 MeepMeep 112325@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was surprised to learn that this is not common knowledge. At school, the misconception was that you could make the crossing green quicker by twisting the cone the 'right' way... I later learned of light sequencing and what the cone was really for. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10307#post-112323 Thu, 30 May 2013 12:00:36 +0000 Coxy 112323@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've seen a blind person use a key to make turn on the audible signal of a crossing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10307#post-112302 Thu, 30 May 2013 10:16:14 +0000 Cyclops 112302@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've seen a few about although I admittedly don't check most crossings as you tend to get strange looks if you stand at the crossing fondling the underside of it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10307#post-112301 Thu, 30 May 2013 10:12:45 +0000 cb 112301@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Didn't know about this; are Edinburgh crossings fitted with these?:</p> <p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-22706881">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-22706881</a></p> <p>"The cone isn't telling you it's safe to cross, it's telling you the light is on. For instance, cyclists like whizzing through crossings sometimes, even though they shouldn't." </p> <p>I know that some crossings in Edinburgh could be operated with a special yellow plastic key. I remember seeing this demonstrated when I was a kid.<br /> But...<br /> Can't remember exactly what it did (made a noise?), or how many crossings were fitted like this. Perhaps it was just a trial that never went anywhere.</p> <p>(Ok, so as anecdotes go, this wasn't a very good one...) </p>