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steepholm ([personal profile] steepholm) wrote2012-01-04 05:39 pm
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Doing the Zebra

Okay, I'm doing this mostly to see whether I can work out how to post a poll, but I am interested in the results, as it's a moral quandary that has stumped me for years...

[Poll #1808368]

[identity profile] steepholm.livejournal.com 2012-01-04 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a pedestrian crossing, but one that's not controlled by lights (no 'Walk/Don't Walk' signs, no illuminated green or red figures). It gives right of way to pedestrians, but this is respected more in some parts of the world than in others. In Britain, for example, you're pretty safe going on one, but in Paris it's more or less equivalent to suicide.

[identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com 2012-01-04 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
While in Rome there's no 'more or less' about it!