Telescopic toilet

[1][2][3][4] A very common type of telescopic toilet is a telescopic urinal, and they have often been employed at nighttimes or on weekends to discourage street urination.

[6] In 2002 they were introduced in London for night time use, with more being installed in 2012.

[1][6] By 2014 there were over 200 across Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.

[4] In 2014 a telescopic urinal shot up out of the ground due to a gas explosion, injuring the nearby system manager; usage of telescopic urinals was halted for a while, and then resumed.

[5][4] In 2023 a maintenance worker was crushed to death by a telescopic urinal on Shaftesbury Avenue in London when it fell suddenly on him,[7][2][8] and a second telescopic urinal was subsequently shut.