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 :-)

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.


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Confused by a correct answer of "the 1950's" to a question on University Challenge about Zebra crossings, I just had to check this out - I "knew" about Hore-Belisha in the 1930's (it was a very risque joke to my parents!) so how could the answer be the 1950's ? I was wrong; the question referred to zebra crossings rather than the beacons and all is explainedhere

82.16.42.230 00:02, 16 October 2007 (UTC) Mark

[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).