What is the difference between a pelican crossing and a pedestrian crossing?

Answer 1

the difference is that you have to wait to cross a pelican crossing, but a school crossing, someone just stands in the middle of the road and stops cars and lets you cross quicker.

Pelican crossing: traffic lights for pedestrians and vehicles; button-operated.

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Answer 2

1. A school crossing has a lolypop lady.2. A pelican crossing is run by a computer3. At a school crossing, the lolypop lady would have to wait for the traffic to go before crossing. At a pelican crossing, the traffic stops for you to allow you to cross.

Answer 3

A Pelican Crossing (Pedestrian Light Controlled) is when traffic lights control the traffic whilst pedestrians cross (using the green man symbols). A Zebra crossing are lines painted on the roads which have no light signals controlling traffic. When a pedestrian is waiting to cross, cars should automatically stop.

Answer 4

A pelican crossing is a signal controlled crossing - a zebra crossing is not.

A zebra crossing with a central island is two separate crossings - a pelican crossing which goes straight across the road even with a central island is regarded as one crossing.

On the approach to a zebra crossing, road users should be prepared to slow down or stop to let pedestrians cross.

At pelican crossings road users must stop when the red light shows (even if there are no pedestrians using the crossing).

Answer 5

Pelican crossings refer to pedestrian activated crossing signals.