The Big Picture by Lennie Peterson for July 29, 2023

I’ma guess the ATM one is so they don’t have to make two sets of keypads.

Very interesting, but stupid. (Thanks to Artie Johnson)

I will ponder those when I can’t get to sleep at night. Should work!

IIRC, this is part of the ADA. The Braille on the drive up ATM is there because it is easier to make all the ATMs alike rather than have one type for walkup and one type for drive up.

Insofar as theories about the Universe, I prefer this one by the Seventh Python, Douglas Adams

“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.

There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”

In Harrisburg, PA, there is Braille labeling on the buttons in the 7th Street Parking Garage.

It’s also the case that a blind person can have someone else drive them to an ATM and use it from the rear window.

It could be that they are trying to avoid problems with the ADA. In Baton Rouge the ADA forced the city government to put handrails on a stairway for use by people in wheelchairs.