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[email protected] · January 15th 09, 11:41 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article , (Jack
Taylor) wrote:

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).

Common Cambridge practice is buttons both sides but lights one side only.

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Colin Rosenstiel