# Questions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions/237290>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 30, 2004, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions/237290 "2004-03-30T12:30:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![elpadre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/838e76/32.png) [@elpadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elpadre)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions/237290/1 "2004-03-30T12:30:22Z")

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Why do drive up ATMs have braille?

Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?

Can fat people go skinny dipping?

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**Author:** ![dre2xl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@dre2xl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dre2xl)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions/237290/2 "2004-03-30T12:31:37Z")

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Blind people have to be given a ride to go to banks and such. Naturally they like convenience just as much as anybody else, and they don’t want to tell the driver their PIN.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions/237290/3 "2004-03-30T12:38:43Z")

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A parkway is so named because it is typically a street with trees or landscaping similar to park. A driveway is a place where driving begins and ends.

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**Author:** ![Achilles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@Achilles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achilles)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions/237290/4 "2004-03-30T12:39:42Z")

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> [@elpadre](#):
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> Why do drive up ATMs have braille?
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> Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?
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> Can fat people go skinny dipping?

I’ve a question: Can people post questions like these and not get banned ?

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**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions/237290/5 "2004-03-30T13:19:02Z")

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> [@Achilles](#):
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> I’ve a question: Can people post questions like these and not get banned ?

Said presenter of questions is unlikely to care.

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**Author:** ![Achilles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@Achilles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achilles)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions/237290/6 "2004-03-30T13:21:22Z")

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> [@Uncommon Sense](#):
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> Said presenter of questions is unlikely to care.

Sadly true, and uncommonly sensible. I like your style. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions/237290/7 "2004-03-30T13:46:52Z")

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It’s cheaper to manufacture a standard ATM faceplate and keyboard which has braile, and which can then be used in walk-up or drive-up ATMs, than it would be to manufacture two separate lines of ATM components. Furthermore, it eliminates mistakes in order-fulfillment, and it enables a bank to cannibalize its drive-up ATMs for use as walk-ups if the bank remodels.

–Cliffy

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions/237290/8 "2004-03-30T14:39:35Z")

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> [@elpadre](#):
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> Why do drive up ATMs have braille?

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4\_010.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_010.html)

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> Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway?

[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_080.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_080.html)

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> Can fat people go skinny dipping?

[http://www.straightdope.com/faq/lamequestions.html](http://www.straightdope.com/faq/lamequestions.html)

Asked and answered. This is closed.

- **xash**  
General Questions Moderator