PhotoIt is a reflex born of years of habit: You see a button, press it and then something happens. Door-close buttons on elevatorsPressing the door-close button on an elevator might make you feel better, but it will do nothing to hasten your trip. No figures were available for the number of elevators still in operation with functioning door-close buttons. ABC News reported in 2010 that it found only one functioning crosswalk button in a survey of signals in Austin, Tex. So why not press the button on the off chance that this one will work?”

Source: New York Times October 27, 2016 12:58 UTC