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Do you know what belisha beacons are and do you have them in your country?

Posted - June 22, 2018
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  • 14795
    I'm not trying to be flash while answering this blinking question....I would always wait to cross the road safely to not impede the Zebra crossing ... :)
      June 22, 2018 3:04 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    You are fabulously correct. I used the term belisha beacon and my son looked at me as if I had just made it up!
      June 22, 2018 3:12 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Check out Leslie Hore-Belisha....he was the Minister of a Transport and he was responsible for installing them all back in 1934.... :)
      June 22, 2018 3:21 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    How very cool.. I always wondered where the name came from, now I know. :)
      June 22, 2018 3:26 PM MDT
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  • 14795
    Such a wierd name as well....:( 
      June 22, 2018 3:39 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    Image result for belisha beacons
    It was named after Leslie Hore-Belisha (1893–1957), the Minister of Transport who in 1934 added beacons to pedestrian crossings, marked by large metal studs in the road surface. These crossings were later painted in black and white stripes, thus are known as zebra crossings.

    Belisha beacon - Wikipedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belisha_beacon
      June 22, 2018 5:10 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    Well I think they should move all the zebra crossings outside of town. There is no good reason to have all those zebras coming into town just to cross the road.
      June 22, 2018 5:11 PM MDT
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  • 5835
    In USA we have "WALK -- DON'T WALK" lights.

      June 23, 2018 3:05 AM MDT
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