A little trip down Memory Lane this morning.

@jeremycherfas Belisha beacons …

@cn I’ve never really known why they were called that. I mean, zebra crossing is obvious, but …

@jeremycherfas …now I know about Leslie Hore-Belisha.

@cn

@jeremycherfas according to the font of generally, mostly accurate information, they’re named after an early twentieth century Transport Minister 🤔

@jeremycherfas took me too long to reply 🙃

@jeremycherfas But what about the squiggly lines on the street? In the US those would look like a prank or the work of a drunken painting crew.

@JMaxB From memory, those accurately constructed zigzags extend some 15 m from the zebra crossing and vehicles are not allowed to park there. @cn

@cn @jmaxb My driving instructor would be proud of me.