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do pelican crossings even stop traffic?

incandenza_ [Edit] [Delete] 37 replies 23:36, 20 March '13

or are they just there to humour pedestrians?

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  • I think this might be the best thread I've ever started

    incandenza_ | 20 Mar '13, 23:39 | X
  • people that don't stop at them are better off dead

    literally dead

    CrispinAlexander | 20 Mar '13, 23:56 | X
    • you're not thinking of a pelican crossing

      cat_race @CrispinAlexander | 21 Mar '13, 10:00 | X
  • just pelican crossings?

    what abouit toucan, puffin or pegasus crossings?

    pelicans are going out
    some good acronym/ portmanteaus in the naming though (apart from toucan)

    hibster | 21 Mar '13, 08:08 | X
    • Toucan = Two-can

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toucan_crossing

      It's my favourite name.

      justanothersheeldz @hibster | 21 Mar '13, 08:15 | X
    • Good acronyms?

      Puffin = Pedestrian User Friendly crossing or something like that... There is one 'F' in there.

      I'd debate the user-friendliness too, as the green and red men are on the same panel as the button, rather than the 'usual' place on the opposite side of the road, which is much easier to see at the same time as keeping an eye on the traffic.

      urbanfox @hibster | 21 Mar '13, 08:45 | X
      Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
      • good in that they all fit to a bird theme

        pe-destrian li-ght con-trolled - pelicon
        puffin - p-edestrian u-ser f-riendly in-telligent
        toucan - two can
        pegasus - okay this one is just to fit the theme, no effort gone into that one

        hibster @urbanfox | 21 Mar '13, 08:58 | X
        • there's one effin where?

          at the junction?

          hibster @hibster | 21 Mar '13, 08:59 | X
        • Zebra

          urbanfox @hibster | 21 Mar '13, 09:02 | X
        • Pegasus is the horse one though isn't it?

          Horse-bird

          Works well.

          urbanfox @hibster | 21 Mar '13, 09:02 | X
          justanothersheeldz this'd this
  • A pelican crossing will stop cars unless they want to pass a red light.

    justanothersheeldz | 21 Mar '13, 08:17 | X
  • They clearly don't stop bikes

    Especially that one outside Manchester Uni on Oxford Road. Hate crossing the road there.

    sizeofanocean | 21 Mar '13, 08:19 | X
    • Manchester road users have a particularly disdain for those on foot at the best of times.

      TheoGB @sizeofanocean | 21 Mar '13, 08:27 | X
      • pedestrians also think they can walk over/down roads whenever they like too

        but lets not get into that here

        Matt_was_taken @TheoGB | 21 Mar '13, 09:02 | X
        • I think that's probably just a city centre thing everywhere

          It's the same in Birmingham - Driving along Moor Street can be a pretty edgy experience, people have this strange tendency to stride out from between busses without considering there may be vehicles using the other lanes of the carriageway.

          urbanfox @Matt_was_taken | 21 Mar '13, 09:05 | X
          Matt_was_taken this'd this
          • you could kill thirty students driving down byres road of a lunch time in Glasgow

            justanothersheeldz @urbanfox | 21 Mar '13, 09:26 | X
          • Supposedly this is why they removed all those road barriers in London.

            Drivers take more care when they know pedestrians could just walk out in front of them.

            London is the most forgiving city for pedestrians, apart from in a few posho areas where the residents only drive everywhere (mostly in West London).

            TheoGB @urbanfox | 21 Mar '13, 10:13 | X
  • http://www.wildtexas.com/graphics/pelican_xing.gif

    TheoGB | 21 Mar '13, 08:28 | X
  • In The UK, 90% of the time yes

    Of course it's the 10% of the time that they don't work that you have to worry about.

    In France, 90% of the time no. I don't know why they bother to have them - they seem to merely be there to suggest, "This might be a nice spot to get run down."

    pentargo | 21 Mar '13, 09:20 | X
    • Pedestrian crossings in Europe scare me

      Rather than being accompanied by a red light for traffic, the green man is accompanied by a flashing amber/zebra crossing type situation and you just hope that the bus turning into the road you are trying to cross doesn't wipe you out.

      urbanfox @pentargo | 21 Mar '13, 09:24 | X
      • i admire their use of the Ticking countdown thing

        i liked that ireland used it.

        justanothersheeldz @urbanfox | 21 Mar '13, 09:26 | X
        • Calm down Chumbawamba...

          www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvQtMcETc0g

          pentargo @justanothersheeldz | 21 Mar '13, 10:15 | X
  • I'm just sad I never got the chance to use a panda crossing

    boothyfearssatan | 21 Mar '13, 09:34 | X
  • Are you getting pelican crossings confused with another type, candy?

    It's extremely, extremely rare that I'll see a car ignore the red at a pelican. Pretty much the most worst thing you can do in a car.

    eltham | 21 Mar '13, 09:37 | X
    • Most. Worst.

      eltham @eltham | 21 Mar '13, 09:37 | X
    • I was crossing at the corner of a junction yesterday

      (big fan of 'candy', by the way)

      and pressing the button just made me look like a div next to the guy I was next to who I'd written of as some tosser who thinks he's too cool for road safety, as the traffic didn't stop until it was time for the traffic coming across to go.

      incandenza_ @eltham | 21 Mar '13, 10:53 | X
      • CAAAAANDY

        SUCH A JOY TO ME

        andyvine @incandenza_ | 21 Mar '13, 10:56 | X
        badmanreturns this'd this
        • <3

          that is good song.

          incandenza_ @andyvine | 21 Mar '13, 11:37 | X
      • written of?

        nrgh.

        incandenza_ @incandenza_ | 21 Mar '13, 11:35 | X
    • Those pedestrian crossings you get on the far side of junctions

      Seem to get missed by drivers quite regularly I find.

      No idea who thinks putting a crossing immediately beyond a junction/roundabout is a good idea, it's dangerous for people using the things, drivers (cars slamming on brakes, etc) and just causes traffic problems.

      urbanfox @eltham | 21 Mar '13, 11:17 | X
  • Surely you mean zebra crossing?

    Pretty sure it's an offence to drive through one if someone is waiting on the pavement, unlikely to be enforced though as the police have better things to do like stopping kids from drinking in parks and the like.

    badmanreturns | 21 Mar '13, 09:59 | X
    • no, i think he means pelican

      and the question is, do they do anything or do they just go green when it's convenient for the traffic lights, at cross roads and stuff. everyone else thinks he means zebra. damn foo'.

      cat_race @badmanreturns | 21 Mar '13, 10:04 | X
      • Oh right.

        badmanreturns @cat_race | 21 Mar '13, 10:09 | X
        • he has a point though

          pelicans that are there just to be crossing definitely work, but the ones on big crossroads. they don't do anything

          cat_race @badmanreturns | 21 Mar '13, 10:16 | X
          incandenza_ this'd this
          • surely the question is

            <<do the buttons do anything, or are they there to humour pedestrians>>? the crossings definitely work

            alcxxk @cat_race | 21 Mar '13, 11:05 | X
            • well they at least make the light come on so it says WAIT

              cat_race @alcxxk | 21 Mar '13, 11:07 | X
  • Humour pedestrians, clearly

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QhHSl-bdpU

    sizeofanocean | 21 Mar '13, 11:25 | X
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