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Last week, I did a video about pedestrian crossings,

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and while I don't want this to turn into 'things you might not know about British pedestrian crossings,'

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Well, there is one more thing, and quite a few people got in touch to say I should point it out.

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There is a secret button, or nodule, on the bottom of these things you push when you want to cross the road.

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And what that little secret nodule is, is a sign for anyone who is blind and deaf,

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or partially blind and partially deaf.

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Or, who is partially blind and at a crossing that does not make a beeping noise when it's safe to cross,

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which is a surprising amount of crossings.

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Because that little nodule rotates any time that signal turns green, as we will now see.

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Because don't forget, disability isn't a thing that turns on or off,

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you don't just get people who are entirely blind but fine every other way, or entirely deaf but perfectly able to see.

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You get lots of folks who might be able to walk around safely in the world, but who couldn't make out that signal,

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and who couldn't work out the beeping from the background noise, even if there was some.

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So that little nodule means it's safe for a lot of British people to cross the road,

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and that is something you might not have

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[laughing over the sound of a bus]

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Why do I do videos near roads?

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THAT is something you might not have known!

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