What makes a bicycle-safe drive-up window?

I use any drive through I need to and never had any problems.


On Feb 5, 9:54*pm, wrote:
A question's come up regarding zoning requirements, to try to ensure
safe bicyclist access to drive-up windows. *A person who's pushing for
that requirement was told that "safe bicyclist access" is probably too
vague to be meaningful or enforceable.

So what might be specifics?

Here's what I thought of:

Prohibit any longitudinal gaps in pavement that are wider than, say,
1/2 inch. *That could be edges of drain grates, cracks, seams between
pavers or poured concrete sections, etc.

Prohibit smooth metal that would get slick in wet weather.

Keep it shoveled in snow? *Perhaps salted, if necessary? *(This could
be tough, since it's an ongoing maintenance issue. *But then, I think
businesses ought to be made to shovel walks for pedestrians too.)

Assure that any vehicle detectors must recognize the presence of a
bicycle. *That's in case some of the common fast-food drive-up designs
(where you shout in the mike at one spot, then pick up pseudo-food at
a window) might have loop detectors to tell when a vehicle's present.

Anybody got any other ideas?

- Frank Krygowski

On Feb 8, 2:28*pm, wrote:
On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 10:55:05 -0800 (PST), "

wrote:
I'd wager that the ATM had braile even when there was a walk-up. *The
drive-thru ATMs have braile because it's cheaper to make a million of
the same than 500,000 with and 500,000 without.

Dear Dank,

Actually, braille was required by law:
*http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_010.html

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

Interesting. It appears I stand corrected. I don't know where I
heard the "less expensive than making 2 kinds" thing, but I've been of
that impression for a long time. Thanks for the info, anyway.

On Feb 8, 2:28*pm, wrote:
On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 10:55:05 -0800 (PST), "

wrote:
I'd wager that the ATM had braile even when there was a walk-up. *The
drive-thru ATMs have braile because it's cheaper to make a million of
the same than 500,000 with and 500,000 without.

Dear Dank,

Actually, braille was required by law:
*http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_010.html

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

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