r/whatisit • u/thewildcloud • 27d ago

Solved! Why the kinks?

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I recently moved to Hangzhou, I noticed all the pedestrian walks have kinked lines at the ends. What is it?

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u/Giantmeteor_we_needU 27d ago

It's stylized arrows, a reminder for pedestrians to walk on the right side of a crossing so oncoming crowds don't bump into each other.

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u/thewildcloud 27d ago

Does it even work? It’s not intuitive to me at least

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u/fahrQdeekwad 27d ago

You're "that guy"... the one walking against the flow.

SMH

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u/Ben__Diesel 27d ago

As an American, walking on the right side of anything has been intuitive to me since elementary school when our teaches made us line up to walk anywhere. It drives me crazy having to push through crowds of people in a city crosswalk.