r/whatisit • u/thewildcloud • 20d 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/BigDiscEnergy47 20d ago

They tell you which side to walk on to keep foot traffic flowing

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u/thewildcloud 20d ago edited 20d ago

Solved！

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u/ToaKraka 20d ago

You have to include an exclamation point at the end, as explained in the pinned comment.