Talk:Belisha beacon
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I always wonderd why they were called belisha beacons... (but not enough to bother to actually find out...) quercus robur :-)
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- Wow. Wikipedia is useful after all Shock! :-) Mintguy
- This is one of the most ridiculously boring articles on Wikipedia! 78.39.102.84 21:40, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] further road markings
Belisha Beacons are associated with Zebra Crossings in the uk.
[edit] further road markings
Belisha Beacons are associated with Zebra Crossings in the uk. Buncey.
[edit] Purpose? Operation?
How do they work? What do they actually do? When do they flash? Lots of unanswered questions. There 'is a rest of the world, you know. - Keith D. Tyler ¶ 18:47, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
They don't do anything but flash constantly, unless/until the bulb fails. They're beacons, nothing else. The legallity of the crossing remains valid whether they are flashing or not.
On a side note, I'm sure Belisha Beacons can be found in other Commonwealth countries such as in the Carribean.
[edit] additional pop-culture references
umm, i don't do the whole "editing wikipedia" thing so i dont want to screw anything up by changing things.. but i wanted to bring it to someone's attention that "belisha beacons" are noted in a song by Radiohead called My Iron Lung. Here are the lyrics to the chorus: The head shrinkers They want everything My uncle Bill My Belisha beacon The head shrinkers They want everything My uncle Bill My Belisha beacon
i came here to further understand what the lyrics meant, and, in turn, what belisha beacons were, of course. i think it would be good to add this in the article; i just don't know how. thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.129.248.194 (talk) 18:59, 10 February 2007 (UTC).
