What's wrong with this picture?
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WOOPS! I'm not pulling a fast one on you guys. My CS web account has been suspended, so you can't see the photo right now, until I can clear off the debt :cry:
Anyway, this is the answer:
For those of you who have seen it - the raised path is indeed a tactile guide path. I admit I didn't know of the name for the design, we can thank Parchiao for highlighting that. And the purpose, if you've followed the links posted by Parchiao also, are already explained in full. The purpose of the design in the local context was highlighted in the news in both broadcast and in print when the North East Line was about to be operational in June last year - I remember watching it over the news at least. This is just the background for the photo I took.
As for the fault, there is no alien conspiracy or anything supernatural about the photo, just that the dustbin is placed at the wall that is most likely to be used by the visually handicapped, since I deduced that that tactile guided path is set about 1/2 meter away from the wall anyway, and not right beside the wall. There are obvious reasons why there can be a "breather" space between the path and the wall - one of which is a guide dog - but I doubt the local system will allow that. Whoever placed the bin there did not consider the possibility of the visually handicapped actually facing an unexpected bump/obstacle from/into the dustbin if he/she did not happen to pick up the obstacle when using the walking stick, for those fully blind (may or not exclude those legally blind etc, depending on individuals). Furthermore this is accentuated by the fact that the bin is not placed on the straight section of the tactile guided path, but on the inside curve of a bend - if we were to try it blindfolded with a stick, we'd probably crash or get a hard knock.
So I hope to bring over the point of thinking on behalf of the less fortunate, and encourage more people to think so. We have to try to at least empathize their difficulties, and make it more aware to other people.
sulhan, jaxt, Cursor, Nickle, SuperRaY, sky_dew, cheergal got the answer correct, good logic and you can see beyond what we can see with the eyes alone! RichardDale and denn23 also have a seemingly close answer each as well. thanks to the many guys and gals who gave interesting theories etc to explain all these. thanks for participanting!
:thumbsup: good work guys!
Anyway, this is the answer:
For those of you who have seen it - the raised path is indeed a tactile guide path. I admit I didn't know of the name for the design, we can thank Parchiao for highlighting that. And the purpose, if you've followed the links posted by Parchiao also, are already explained in full. The purpose of the design in the local context was highlighted in the news in both broadcast and in print when the North East Line was about to be operational in June last year - I remember watching it over the news at least. This is just the background for the photo I took.
As for the fault, there is no alien conspiracy or anything supernatural about the photo, just that the dustbin is placed at the wall that is most likely to be used by the visually handicapped, since I deduced that that tactile guided path is set about 1/2 meter away from the wall anyway, and not right beside the wall. There are obvious reasons why there can be a "breather" space between the path and the wall - one of which is a guide dog - but I doubt the local system will allow that. Whoever placed the bin there did not consider the possibility of the visually handicapped actually facing an unexpected bump/obstacle from/into the dustbin if he/she did not happen to pick up the obstacle when using the walking stick, for those fully blind (may or not exclude those legally blind etc, depending on individuals). Furthermore this is accentuated by the fact that the bin is not placed on the straight section of the tactile guided path, but on the inside curve of a bend - if we were to try it blindfolded with a stick, we'd probably crash or get a hard knock.
So I hope to bring over the point of thinking on behalf of the less fortunate, and encourage more people to think so. We have to try to at least empathize their difficulties, and make it more aware to other people.
sulhan, jaxt, Cursor, Nickle, SuperRaY, sky_dew, cheergal got the answer correct, good logic and you can see beyond what we can see with the eyes alone! RichardDale and denn23 also have a seemingly close answer each as well. thanks to the many guys and gals who gave interesting theories etc to explain all these. thanks for participanting!
:thumbsup: good work guys!
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