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>He had been demonstrating the new "C" pedestrian What does this mean?
by wvbdmp 1y ago
>He had been demonstrating the new "C" pedestrian
What does this mean?
- ZeroGravitas 1y agoI think they missed the word "crossing" after pedestrian, though it's still a bit vague with that in place. A type C Zebra crossing is one that doesn't have the Belisha Beacon lights at either side. Rare now but it existed before that innovation.
- card_zero 1y ago> Mr. SIMMONDS asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the erection of signs bearing the letter C is inadequate to differentiate between controlled and uncontrolled pedestrian crossings; and whether in the interests of public safety, he will have these two types of crossings painted upon the roadway in an unquestionably distinctive manner? > The MINISTER of TRANSPORT (Mr.Hore-Belisha) The present arrangements are experimental, and I am watching them closely with a view to making such alterations as experience may show to be desirable in the interests of public safety. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard//commons/1934/jul/30/pedestrian-crossing-places https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard//commons/1934/jul... I think "controlled" means drivers are legally obliged to stop to let pedestrians cross.
- amiga386 1y agoI believe "controlled" means "has traffic lights" (controlled by pedestrian signals, or on a cycle). "Uncontrolled" crossings I think include Zebra crossings.
- card_zero 1y agoI thought so, but then read "Zebra crossings are a type of controlled crossing" on Wikipedia. This may be a mistake (possibly in the source). Edit: found a definition in a document by the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation. "Uncontrolled crossings do not afford pedestrians any particular priority over motorised traffic", and so it classes zebra crossings as controlled.