Car switch
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In the German-speaking world, so-called “drive-in” or “drive-thru” counters are used by banks as car counters .
The bank customers drive in their own car to the right (in countries with left-hand traffic: left-hand) of the bank building. The switch itself consists of a window, an armored drawer and an intercom. The driver uses the intercom to inform the clerk behind the window of his concern; Forms and cash are passed back and forth through the drawer level with the side window of the car. The drawer is usually a special design in which the faceplate folds forward when the drawer is extended so that the driver, for whom the drawer is already quite high, does not have to reach over the high edge of the faceplate. If the drawer is pulled back, the front panel folds back into the vertical position and closes the drawer shaft with wide overlaps on all sides, making it burglar-proof.
Car counters were the forerunners and for years the greatest competition from ATMs and other ATMs ( bank statement printers , transfer terminals ), but they are now being displaced more and more.