Rainbow Crossing To Celebrate Transgender Awareness Week

[naomi24]

Everyone recognises a Zebra crossing as a safe place to cross the road, but Camden Council has decided to celebrate Transgender Awareness Week by painting this one in bright colours. If I came across it I would assume it's a bit of artwork so I wonder what would happen if a driver didn't recognise it as an official crossing and ran someone over?

Whoever came up with this potty - and dangerous - idea needs their bumps felt.

https://news.camden.gov.uk/camden-unveils-crossing-to-celebrate-transgender-awareness-week/

[ichkeria]

That looks like a crossing to me. You would I think need to be being perversely inattentive to merely ignore it. As I said above, even things that aren't crossings can look like them.

[THECORBYLOON]

They have pedestrian-controlled lights on each end and lights controlling traffic so would that not be a big clue they are official crossings?

[douglas9401]

Crossing dressing?

[Fitzer]

Vulcan, according to the link to Legislation.gov provided by Danny, only Zebra crossings are marked by black and white stripes, all other pedestrian crossings do not have any such strictures as a simple survey of our streets will show. If the only way that anyone identifies a crossing is by the road colour then there is something amiss.

[237SJ]

There are lights there. They aren't zebra crossings.

[ichkeria]

Ah, it does have lights and even traffic lights

Well that settles it then. I don't think the argument that "I drove straight on officer, through the red light, knocking the old lady down, because in my opinion the crossing is the wrong colour"
is going to stand up in court.

[ToraToraTora]

it's not a zebra crossing is it? The stripes are the wrong way for a start and it looks like it's light controlled crossing, Pelican/Puffin so basically they've painted coloured stripes across the road on a standard green/red man light controlled crossing. Nothing to see here.

[Deskdiary]

I rather like them - brings a nice bit of colour.

[ToraToraTora]

TBH though it is a - Perlease!

[pastafreak]

According to their statement...

// Some of the key steps we have taken are:

To ensure the design is simple, with three colours and not complicated in layout.
To ensure essential road markings remain fully clear and ‘Look Left, Look Right’ markings are maintained.
To lay the crossings at signalised crossings, not zebra crossings.
To keep standard traffic features in place at the crossings including signals, stoplines and studs. //

Everything that is required and normally in place to ensure safety and so that it is still recognised as a crossing is there. What more is needed?
If you, as a driver, are assuming it's a bit of artwork then you are possibly not a very careful driver.

[bednobs]

"Camden is a dumping ground, for the worlds detritus."
Don't be so hard on yourself emmie!

[naomi24]

Oh, I'm a careful driver, pasta. I'd just rather the powers that be didn't mess around with things specifically designed to ensure public safety.

[emmie]

i lived here all my life bednobs, so were the parents, grandparents, great grandparents, so i know a little bit more about about my own borough than most.

[emmie]

not much better in many ways than Tower Hamlets. and that's saying something.

[THECORBYLOON]

The only thing they have done is add some colour to the road, all the other obvious indications they are crossings are there still.

You should be noticing the lights well before you see the new colours on the road.

[TheChair]

As it's a controlled crossing, the only way you could run over someone is if you ignored the red light.

[Untitled]

I doubt that you would think it a bit of artwork... it's quite obviously a zebra crossing... the safety concern on this is a bit insincere

[Untitled]

controlled crossing sorry!

[ToraToraTora]

untitled, it's not a zebra crossing. A zebra crossing is an entirely different crossing. For a start there are no lights on a zebra crossing aside from Belisha beacons. This is a zebra crossing: https://tinyurl.com/yvw2hfey