Door Buttons facts
While investigating facts about Door Buttons, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Approximately 80% of "close door" elevator buttons aren't connected to anything.
80% of the close door buttons on elevators aren't even hooked up.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 30 of the best facts about Door Buttons I managed to collect.
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When the head of The Piratebay, Peter Sunde, was arrested he asked to phone his girlfriend so she could lock the doors of his house before going with the policeman. The policeman said yes. Instead he pushed a button on an app that immediately encrypted all servers of The Piratebay.
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Elevator 'close door' buttons in the U.S. were made to be unresponsive or have a delayed response because of a section in the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) that mandates the doors stay open a min. of 3 seconds to allow those with disabilities to enter/exit
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Around 80% of ‘close door’ buttons on elevators don’t do anything
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The "Door Close" button on many elevators doesn't actually close the doors any faster than normal.
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Many elevator’s “close door” buttons are placebos along with most of the pedestrian cross walk buttons in major us cities.
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Due to the Americans With Disabilities Act, the "Close Door" button on elevators does not work, and have not since 1990. The same is true with many crosswalk buttons. Buttons like these are called "placebo buttons".
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According to Mike Rinder, Scientology's Dear Leader has a secret wall in his private offices, to hide in case of a raid by the FBI ("or Martians landing", as Rinder puts it). There's also a panic button to lock all doors, installed in his desk, which "cost more than a car".
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80% of the 'close door' buttons on elevators are not functional (starting from 4:12)
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The "close door" buttons on most elevators don't do anything. The Americans with Disabilities act requires elevators stay open long enough for disabled individuals to get on safely.
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Most Elevator "Close Door" Buttons Don't Work, And Most Office Thermostats Are Fakes
In most elevators, at least in any built or installed since the early nineties, the door-close button doesn’t work. It is there mainly to make you think it works. (It does work if, say, a fireman needs to take control. But you need a key, and a fire, to do that.) - source
In Dubai, you can push button on refrigerator magnet to order pizza and have it delivered to your door. - source
Since the 1990 most elevator door-close buttons are just placebo buttons and actually don't close the door any faster.
Our society is filled with placebo buttons that don’t actually do anything. The walk/don’t walk buttons, certain automatic door control buttons, and some office thermostat controls are there to make you think you control your world. You don't. - source
The 1970 Ford Mustang had a button and seperate lock on it door handle, along with the Mercury Cougar. The Dodge Challenger did not
In Japan, the left, rear, taxi door opens "automatically" for passengers. The driver has a button up front that allows him/her to open the door secretly from the driver seat.
If you press and hold the 'close door' button on most elevators, then press the number of the floor you want to go to, the elevator skips other floors even if people are waiting there.
The close-door button in elevator doesn't work in US. It works in UK.
The reason your elevator's door close buttons do not work is because of the Americans with Disabilities Act. They have been "disabled" on purpose to comply with this law.
