The Pedestrian Crossing (General) Regulations, 1951
| Published date | 01 October 1951 |
| Date | 01 October 1951 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/002201835101500408 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
The
Pedestrian Crossings (General)
Regulations. 1951
Asfrom
the
31st October, 1951, all
the
existing regula-
tions relating to pedestrian crossings are revoked
and
replaced
by
the
Pedestrian Crossings (General) Regula-
tions, 1951 (S.l. 1951 No. 1192),
and
in
the
London Traffic
Area,
the
Pedestrian Crossings (London) Regulations, 1951
(S.l. 1951 No. 1193).
The
two sets of regulations are so
nearly identical
that
it
is sufficient
to
examine
the
first
named
only.
Unlike
the
revoked Regulations,
the
new ones are
concerned only with uncontrolled crossings i.e. crossings
at
which light signals are
not
installed
and
where no police
officer in uniform is on
duty.
The
First
Schedule is in two parts.
Part
1prescribes
the
markings
by
which every crossing
and
its limits are
to
be denoted,
and
provision is made for extending until
30th
June,
1953,
the
validity of markings which comply with
the
present Regulations although
not
with
the
new Regulations.
Another
important
provision is
that
discoloration or
temporary removal or displacement of studs shall
not
invalidate acrossing so long as
the
general indication of
the
line of
studs
is
not
materially impaired.,
The
markings
of
the
limits will be common
both
to
controlled
and
uncon-
trolled crossings.
Part
II
of
the
First
Schedule deals only
with
crossings
at
which no traffic light signals are installed.
It
requires
crossings to be marked with alternate black
and
white
stripes, unless
the
colour of
the
road surface sufficiently
contrasts with white, when white stripes only need be
marked.
The
familiar yellow globes will continue in use
placed
at
specified places
and
of a specified size. A new
provision permits,
but
does
not
require,
the
approach
to
a
crossing
to
be
marked
on
the
footway,
and
where
there
is
no footway, or
the
surface of
the
footway
-is
not
suitable
.IQ
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