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Tuesday, April 02, 2013

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today


Yesterday’s News Today

On this day in 1962 the first Panda crossings became operational in the UK. They're not nearly as exciting as they sound as they involve no actual pandas, but they're quite interesting. Panda crossings were sort of half-way between a Zebra crossing (the ones with permanently flashing beacons and pedestrian right of way) and Pelican crossings (the ones with traffic lights, a button and red and green men) in that they operated like a zebra crossing with beacons but only after a button was pressed. Needless to say this was stupid, pointless and caused accidents so the Panda crossings only lasted until 1967 when they were replaced by Pelican crossings. Now that you know the differences between zebra, panda and pelican crossings you can impress your friends, co-workers and any members of the opposite sex (or same sex if that's your bag) that you are hoping to court or woo.
Pandas!
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