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Jack Taylor · January 15th 09, 10:30 PM posted to uk.transport.london

wrote:
The logic is that users see the lights when they look towards the traffic
and it is
therefore safer but I don't agree.

I don't either, Colin - at most of the crossings of this type, that I've
seen, there are buttons and lights on both sides of the crossing, so it's
just as likely that the pedestrian is looking away from the approaching
traffic (as is the case on the one-way system outside our office, with four
lanes of traffic to contend with).