Toucan Crossing

To aid pedestrians in crossing a road, there are four different types of crossing. The familiar Zebra crossing with a black and white stripe pattern across the road and Belisha Beacons - orange lights on top of striped poles either side of the road which slowly flash. Once a pedestrian steps onto the road surface, the vehicles must give way to the pedestrian. The Pelican crossing does not have the stripes and controls the vehicular traffic with traffic lights. The light sequence is varied from the conventional traffic light sequence by replacing the RED and AMBER phase with a flashing AMBER which signifies that drivers and riders should give way to pedestrians already crossing. There are lights for the pedestrians too. A RED man and a GREEN man. When the vehicular traffic is shown a flashing AMBER, the GREEN man also flashes to indicate that pedestrians should not start to cross the road. Pedestrians control these lights with a push-button mounted on a post either side of the road. The Puffin crossing is similar to the Pelican but the traffic light sequence is standard, with a RED and AMBER phase for vehicular traffic. Lights for pedestrians include the RED man and GREEN man like the Pelican, but the GREEN man does not flash, instead, the timing of the lights has been changed to allow time for pedestrians to cross. All the above crossings should not be used by cyclists, they are for pedestrians only. The Toucan crossing operates exactly the same way as a Puffin crossing except that along with a GREEN man, a GREEN bicycle is shown at the same time. This crossing may therefore be used by cyclists. Unlike the RED man, there is not a RED bicycle light associated with this crossing. Where a cycle route intersects with roads, bicycle traffic lights are sometimes used. They may show only RED and GREEN bicycle symbols for the cycle route but use conventional traffic lights for the main road. When used as part of a road, they may use the standard traffic light sequence and include an amber light. It is a Road Traffic Offence for a cyclist to pass a RED bicycle signal.