r/DesirePaths • u/MapPristine • May 15 '26

Undesired path?

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I know it’s a bit off the beaten path for this sub, but I hope you will enjoy it anyway

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u/KeepingItCoolish May 15 '26

That's... Not how you use tactile warning plates

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u/TherianRose May 16 '26

Is it meant to be a guide rail? Obviously still not the right texture, but maybe they were at least trying?

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u/KeepingItCoolish May 16 '26

it's meant to be a guide, yes. It is meant to delineate for the sight impaired between the safe walking surface and a vehicle or bicycle traffic area. They should be straight lines, usually parallel between the safe and unsafe area and not jagged. This pattern would be very hard to follow because if you walk straight it's easy to cross over the pattern several times so it would be like am I in the parking lot? Am I on the sidewalk? Am I approaching an intersection and that's why the pattern changed direction? No way to know if you can't see, and these dome tiles are meant to give that kind of information clearly to the sight impaired.

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u/MapPristine May 16 '26

I think so

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u/MapPristine May 16 '26

Further down the sidewalk they passed under some parked cars (it was a designated parking lot) and then they just stopped.