actually, I've been wondering these last couple of weeks why we have Pelican crossings. What are their advantages over Zebra crossings? Recently I have;
seen an able bodied man walk up to one, press the button without thinking, lights for traffic instantly go red, he crossed, we sit there, lights eventually go green and off we go. If he had thought for a moment he could have stood there for, oh, 15 seconds and then crossed safely without the traffic stopping.
read that older people can't get across in the allotted time. So what, we're not going to run them over. Well not me anyway, I'm not so sure about you :-) So the answer (you're getting ahead of me aren't you?) is to extend the time. So we sit there longer while schoolkids cross and disappear up the road. Because how many people walking across need the extra time? But if it was a Zebra crossing, no such problem!
So - ban Pelicans, bring back Zebras.
JH
Last edited by: Tooslow on Wed 5 May 10 at 19:12
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