# Lane markers on English highways.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-markers-on-english-highways/366385>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 28, 2006, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-markers-on-english-highways/366385 "2006-07-28T12:37:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-markers-on-english-highways/366385/21 "2006-07-28T18:01:50Z")

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So the zig-zag lines mean no stopping, but can be on the side of the road, or be the lane divider?

Your definitive guide to wacky animal-named British crossings: [Types of Pedestrian Crossing in the UK](http://www.2pass.co.uk/crossing.htm)

Beware!! page loads sound file of woman coaching you for your license. Turn down speakers. Clicking “Stop Intro” at the top turns off sound.

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**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-markers-on-english-highways/366385/22 "2006-07-28T19:25:20Z")

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> [@Cardinal](#):
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> So the zig-zag lines mean no stopping, but can be on the side of the road, or be the lane divider?
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> Your definitive guide to wacky animal-named British crossings: [Types of Pedestrian Crossing in the UK](http://www.2pass.co.uk/crossing.htm)
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> Beware!! page loads sound file of woman coaching you for your license. Turn down speakers. Clicking “Stop Intro” at the top turns off sound.

Your link gives a perfect illustration of these zig-zag lines in the picture of the zebra crossing.

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**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lane-markers-on-english-highways/366385/23 "2006-07-28T19:48:17Z")

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> [@Cardinal](#):
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> Your definitive guide to wacky animal-named British crossings: [Types of Pedestrian Crossing in the UK](http://www.2pass.co.uk/crossing.htm)

What’s wacky about them, the names or the actual crossings?

I have to admit, despite holding a full licence, I hadn’t heard of a pegasus crossing before seeing that page.

Do you have different road-crossings for different road-users in the US/Canada/Australia etc, or does one size fit all?

I noticed on a trip to Toronto that the pedestrian crossings have different bird-callesque audio signals, which was pretty odd.

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