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Maybe we should ask Americans what a Belisha beacon is.


I'm British and I never knew that those yellow-ball-on-black-and-white-pole-by-pedestrian-crossing things had a name. TIL


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Hore-Belisha

Forgotten otherwise, but responsible for introducing speed limits and the driving test.

(Before looking him up I had no idea there was a brief 'fuck it no speed limit' period in the 30s, until obviously a number of people were killed)


Interesting — so Belisha beacons were like the 1930s equivalent of Boris bikes.

“Bobby” and (in Northern Ireland) “peeler” as slang terms for a policeman are two more examples of things named after a politician.


"Please identify a [PELICAN/PUFFIN/toucan] crossing."

I'd love that. Good luck.


Don't forget pegasus crossings. The one specifically for horse riders.


It sounds delicious. I'll take two, please.




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