Rainbow zebra crossings.
Discussion
Are they for some pride event, for use by all, but to highlight LGBT issues.
A number of years ago (Chris Morris with Brasseye was still on the telly, so would that be late 1990s?), many of the crossings for pedestrians around the Canal Street area of Manchester had their colour changed to purple (I presume this wasn't official and was some kind of translucent colour effect sheet over the original green men), which was to give "gay traffic priority"....hmmm. Or just a joke?
Last year (or two years ago), Semens did an officially endorsed version of LBGT symbols for the area.
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/08/20/manchester-p...
A number of years ago (Chris Morris with Brasseye was still on the telly, so would that be late 1990s?), many of the crossings for pedestrians around the Canal Street area of Manchester had their colour changed to purple (I presume this wasn't official and was some kind of translucent colour effect sheet over the original green men), which was to give "gay traffic priority"....hmmm. Or just a joke?
Last year (or two years ago), Semens did an officially endorsed version of LBGT symbols for the area.
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/08/20/manchester-p...
StanleyT said:
Are they for some pride event, for use by all, but to highlight LGBT issues.
A number of years ago (Chris Morris with Brasseye was still on the telly, so would that be late 1990s?), many of the crossings for pedestrians around the Canal Street area of Manchester had their colour changed to purple (I presume this wasn't official and was some kind of translucent colour effect sheet over the original green men), which was to give "gay traffic priority"....hmmm. Or just a joke?
Last year (or two years ago), Semens did an officially endorsed version of LBGT symbols for the area.
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/08/20/manchester-p...
Interesting typo... A number of years ago (Chris Morris with Brasseye was still on the telly, so would that be late 1990s?), many of the crossings for pedestrians around the Canal Street area of Manchester had their colour changed to purple (I presume this wasn't official and was some kind of translucent colour effect sheet over the original green men), which was to give "gay traffic priority"....hmmm. Or just a joke?
Last year (or two years ago), Semens did an officially endorsed version of LBGT symbols for the area.
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/08/20/manchester-p...
Oceanrower said:
Yep. Part 2, section 6.
PART IIROAD MARKINGS
Road markings
6. Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Schedule—
(a)within the limits of a Zebra crossing the carriageway shall be marked with a series of alternate black and white stripes;
(b)the Zebra controlled areas shall be marked with give-way lines, a line of studs and zig-zag lines,
of the size and type, and generally in the manner, shown in the diagram at the end of this Part of this Schedule.
dacouch said:
By Brother in Law used to work at Siemens HQ in Staines, they used to answer the phone "Hello, Siemens Staines"
OT but kind of on the same lines. I used to work for a company whose acronym was HEL. The IT department was based in the Netherlands and sites were called by the HEL acronym and the first few letters of the site location, there was one in a North Lincolnshire town and their acronym was HELS
, the brits chuckled but the Dutch didn't see the funny side initially.Prizam said:
Anyone else fed up to the back teeth with all this bullst?
You mean am I fed of of people getting all hot under the collar about some light-hearted and temporary efforts to brighten up our streets and celebrate the diversity of our culture? Yes, I do find it rather tiresome.t?deckster said:
You mean am I fed of of people getting all hot under the collar about some light-hearted and temporary efforts to brighten up our streets and celebrate the diversity of our culture? Yes, I do find it rather tiresome.
You'd have to be a pretty miserable bugger to get offended by a rainbow.citizensm1th said:
It jokes or people with to much time being overly anal about road marking regulations ?
The unbelievable effort that goes into painting things in rainbow bloody colours, making gay sandwiches and generally poncing about so as not to offend.Yes, by all means, if it makes people happy paint the bloody zebra crossings in pretty colours. but only when you have fixed the sodding great pothole next to it. When London is no longer the stabbing capital of the world when burglaries and thefts are investigated and not given a reference number.
The painting of zebra crossings and are purely done to appease those on the political hard left, and yet it's the left who are first to complain about austerity. Cant pay nurses, doctors, teachers, mental health care, adult learning... No, but we sure as f
k have time and money to paint the fking roads pretty colours so gays don't feel butthurt.Prizam said:
The painting of zebra crossings and are purely done to appease those on the political hard left, and yet it's the left who are first to complain about austerity.
Next you are going to tell us there are no lgbt conservatives.you sir are deficient in reasoning and logic skills.
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