Not that we have any drive-through ATMs (Automatic Teller Machines) that I know of here in Sweden, but apparently they are common in the US. These ATMs, like most others, tend to have Braille keypads, which understandably puzzles some people. If you need Braille to read the numbers on an ATM, you’re hardly allowed to drive a car, right?
One reason for drive-through ATMs having Braille keypads is that it doesn’t make sense for manufacturers to put different keypads on machines depending on where they will be used. It’s easier (and probably cheaper) to put Braille keypads on all of them. But even if that wasn’t the case, it still wouldn’t be pointless to have Braille keypads on drive-through ATMs.
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