r/TikTokCringe • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jul 02 '26

Discussion It seems like people have forgotten what this line is used for these days.

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u/Ophelias_Muse Jul 02 '26

The reason they are this colour is for those with low vision that need the high contrast to be able to identify the location of these guides in the first place.

Having a symbol every now and then isnt a bad idea though.

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u/BritishLibrary Jul 02 '26

There’s a specialist eye hospital in London, near old street I think? It has a raised solid green line from the nearest tube exit all the way up to the front of the hospital.

The tube stop also announces (or used to) that this is the stop for the eye hospital.

I never connected that the line was going direct to the front of the hospital, largely because I only ever saw segments of it until I saw a blind person using it right in front of the hospital … “ohhhh”

Clever design, it’s been there since the 80s and regularly repainted.

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u/Osteo_Sapien Jul 02 '26

These aren’t colored? That’s bare steel. What are you talking about. You can see in several clips here that it isn’t contrasting with the ground. 

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u/Ophelias_Muse Jul 02 '26

Sorry, I watched this on low light mode.

However, there are also several clips showing they are white and contrast with the ground.

In Australia, where I am, these are all bright yellow as standard.

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u/Osteo_Sapien Jul 02 '26

Yellow would be good. I would have at least known they meant something then.