UK Road Crossings

UK Road Crossings UK. ARE ALL OF YOUR ROAD CROSSINGS NAMED AFTER ANIMALS? MOST OF THEM, YEAH. TALK ME THROUGH THEM. FIRST UP WE HAVE THE ZEBRA CROSSING. THAT'S BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES PAINTED ON THE ROAD LIKE A ZEBRA. MAKES SENSE. FLANKED BY TWO AMBER ORBS ON POLES CALLED BELISHA BEACONS. NAMED AFTER... LESLIE HORE-BELISHA MINISTER OF TRANSPORT AT THE TIME. YOU NAMED THE LAMPS AFTER A HE WAS VERY PROUD. WHAT'S NEXT? THE PELICAN CROSSING. WHICH IS TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND A BUTTON. WHICH PART LOOKS LIKE A PELICAN? NO PART. IT STANDS FOR PEDESTRIAN LIGHT CONTROLLED. PELICON. THAT'S NOT HOW YOU SPELL PELICAN. IT IS IF YOU CHANGE THE O TO AN A. SO IT'S AN ACRONYM ADJUSTED UNTIL IT BECAME AN ANIMAL. OKAY, CONTINUE. NEXT IS THE PUFFIN CROSSING. Pedestrian USER FRIENDLY INTELLIGENT. PEDESTRIAN, USER FRIENDLY, INTELLIGENT. THAT'S NOT HOW ACRONYMS WORK. THE PUFFIN HAS SENSORS, SO IT KNOWS WHEN YOU FINISH CROSSING. YOU PICK THE BIRD FIRST, DIDN'T NEXT IS THE TOUCAN CROSSING. WHAT DOES TOUCAN STAND FOR? NOTHING. THEN WHY TOUCAN? IT'S A CROSSING WHERE CYCLISTS ARE ALSO ALLOWED TO CROSS. PEDESTRIANS CAN CROSS. AND CYCLISTS CAN TWO CAN CROSS. YOU'RE PROUD OF THAT ONE, AREN'T YES. ANY OTHERS? WE HAVE THE PEGASUS CROSSING FOR HORSES? THERE'S A BUTTON MOUNTED 2 METERS UP. OH, SO THE RIDER DOESN'T HAVE TO DISMOUNT. AND YOU NAMED AFTER A HORSE THAT DOESN'T EXIST. YEAH. HORSE CROSSING FELT VERY PEDESTRIAN. ANY OTHERS? THERE WAS ALSO THE PANDA CROSSING. WHAT WAS THE PANDA CROSSING? TRIANGLES, LIGHTS, COMPLICATIONS. WHAT HAPPENED TO IT? NO ONE IT WAS GONE WITHIN 5 YEARS. WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE PANDA