Rules and Regulations.

How to use a puffin crossing.

A puffin crossing is similar to a pelican crossing,but it has the ‘red/green man’ signals on the near side rather than the other side of the road.

It also has two detectors. One, often a back mat, can tell when people are waiting to cross and won’t stop the traffic if nobody is waiting. The other controls the red light signal to drivers so people have enough time to cross.

  1. Stand on the mat, if there is one, or about one pace back from the kerb if there isn’t.Press the button.
  2. Do not start to cross if the ‘red man’ is showing. When the ‘green man’ shows and you are sure that the traffic is stopping, go straight across, looking and listening. If the crossing is ‘staggered’ treat each half as a separate crossing.
  3. The signals will stay red for drivers until you get safely across, but keep looking and listening in case a driver doesn’t stop.

The Green Cross Code.

  1. Find a safe place to cross, then stop. Safe place include zebra, pelican and puffin crossing, footbridges, subways, or where there is a traffic island or a school crossing with a policeman, traffic warden, lollipop lady or man. If there isn’t one of these nearby, find a place where you can see a long way along the road in each direction. Try not to cross near parked cars. If you have to, stop at the outside edge of the cars where you can see traffic coming.
  2. Stand on the pavement near the kerb.Traffic often passes closer than you think.Never stand at the very edge of the pavement.
  3. Look all around for traffic and listen. Traffic may come from any direction. At a junction, look down every road. Listen as well. You can often hear traffic before you can see it.
  4. If traffic is coming, let it pass. Look all around again.
  5. When there is no traffic near straight across the road. Do not cross unless there is a safe gap and you are sure there is plenty of time. If are not sure,don’t cross. Always walk across,don’t run.
  6. Keep looking and listening for traffic while you cross.

How to use a zebra crossing.

  1. Stop at the kerb at the crossing. Wait for the traffic to stop.
  2. When the traffic has stopped walk across, but keep looking and listening in case a driver has not seen the crossing and tries to overtake a car which has stopped. Always cross on the stripes as many accidents happen close to zebra crossing.
  3. If there is an island in the middle of the crossing,stop there and wait for the traffic on the other side of the island to stop before you continue to cross.

How to use a pelican crossing.

  1. Stop at the kerb at the crossing. Press the button and wait for the ‘green man’ signal to light up. Never cross while the ‘ red man’ is showing.
  2. When the ‘green man’ shows, check that vehicles are stopping, then walk across.Keep looking and listening in case a driver has not seen the crossing and does not stop.
  3. When the ‘green man’ starts to flash on and off, this means the traffic will soon start moving. Stay on the pavement. If you have already started to cross, you will have time to finish crossing.
  4. If it is a ‘staggered’ crossing, there will be another signal on the traffic island. Stop and press the signal button to get the ‘green man’ again before crossing the second part of the road.