Zebra Crossing

A zebra crossing is a type of pedestrian crossing used in many places around the world. Its distinguishing feature is alternating dark and light stripes on the road surface, from which it derives its name. A zebra crossing typically gives extra rights of way to pedestrians.

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Famous quotes containing the words zebra and/or crossing:

    “Apeneck Sweeney spreads his knees
    Letting his arms hang down to laugh,
    The zebra strips along his jaw
    Swelling to maculate giraffe.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “Twenty men crossing a bridge,
    Into a village,
    Are twenty men crossing twenty bridges,
    Into twenty villages,
    Or one man
    Crossing a single bridge into a village.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)