Pelican crossing, Church Street, Highbridge
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Pelican crossing, Church Street, Highbridge
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 10 Dec 2014
A pelican crossing is the type of pedestrian-operated street crossing seen here. Chambers Dictionary states that "pelican" is adapted from "pedestrian light controlled crossing". The lights do not usually change to red as soon as a pedestrian presses the button on the control box. It seems to me that in moderately heavy traffic, the lights often don't change to red until a largish gap in traffic appears...
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Image Location
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-2.974825