We call them 'pedestrian crossings' but we have different names for them depending on the exact type. For example a certain kind has black and white stripes, we call these 'zebra crossings'.
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To run people down.
No, but they help to reduce them
Salt Lake City. There are baskets filled with orange flags at the curbs on both sides of midblock crosswalks. This does not apply to crosswalks located at intersections. The law is routinely ignored, but the flags are still there.
The British call a flashlight a torch.
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Look for pedestrians on either side of the road. If they have entered the crosswalk they have the right of way. School crosswalks are painted yellow, normal crosswalks are painted white.
What Americans call pants, the British would call trousers.
....a can.
Crosswalks are typically marked with white painted lines. However, not all pedestrian crosswalks are painted. It's best to use judgement when slowing down at intersections or yielding as to what would constitute the crosswalk.
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