Lane markers on English highways.

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

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.

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.