Does the "Door Close" Button Even Work in Most Elevators?

[Duckus]

The door open and door close button only works when the elevator is in the "firemen" mode.

Open seems to work all the time. If I press it while the doors are closing, they reopen.

[China]

No, and it makes me think of street crossing buttons. Do they do anything at all?

Some yes and some no. I know some that will make the light change quicker. Some will give you an extended "Walk" signal before changing to "Don't Walk" and some do nothing at all.

[RansomthePasserby]

No, and it makes me think of street crossing buttons. Do they do anything at all?

Here in Blacksburg, the walk signs never come on unless you press the crossing button.

[G.A.C.O.L.B.]

Lol, great thread. As normal. I do a lot of deliveries to hotels and apartments. A few a night. And I ask myself this same thing every single time. And I have to say no. It doesn't do a damn thing.

[10fttall]

Crosswalk buttons work differently in every setting. In New York, there are some around, but they absolutely do nothing, as the walk signals are hard wired to the light cycles. The old poles still have some, though. Other places like San Diego, have some intersections with dedicated pedestrian crossing time if you press the button, where ALL cars have a red light in some cases.

On the door close button question, clearly the answer is that they don't do anything at all in most elevators during normal operations. I've never seen it make a bit of difference. I tried a couple different elevators today and the doors closed just as fast on their own. I like the people that think it does something but there's a big delay. Yeah, that delay is suspiciously equivalent to whatever time is left between when you pushed the button for your floor and when the door would have closed anyway.