# All you wanted to know about bumpy pavement tiles but were afraid to ask

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 14, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-wanted-to-know-about-bumpy-pavement-tiles-but-were-afraid-to-ask/816117 "2018-06-14T21:59:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-wanted-to-know-about-bumpy-pavement-tiles-but-were-afraid-to-ask/816117/1 "2018-06-14T21:59:51Z")

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The Poke has - unusually - [a serious article](https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2018/06/14/thread-bumpy-pavements-went-viral-lot-complex-thought/) on those bumpy pavement tiles and how the blind use them to help navigate.

> [@Dr Amy Kananagh](#):
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> As I’ve been trained by fab @guidedogs how to navigate using tactile pavement I thought I would share some key info in a thread! First, blister paving at road crossing points. The tactile round bumpy paving at pelican crossings is usually red & bumps are in horizontal rows.

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2018, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-you-wanted-to-know-about-bumpy-pavement-tiles-but-were-afraid-to-ask/816117/2 "2018-06-15T04:11:52Z")

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Very helpful, thanks!