Puffin crossing signals. The design is distinct in that the lights controlling the pedestrians are on the same side of the road as the pedestrian user rather than on the opposite side as in the older pelican crossing it replaces. Hand gestures or other signals to tell pedestrians to move across a puffin crossing should be avoided and are a common cause of accidents. The main distinction is that the pedestrian signals showing the green person and red person are on the same side as the pedestrian and usually mounted on the same pole.
This positioning of the signals so crossing pedestrians can no longer see their signal has caused some concern in great britain and is currently under study. They have the red green man signals on the same side of the road as you are waiting to cross allowing you to watch these signals and traffic at the same time. Puffin signal indications are often placed on the near side of an intersection so that pedestrians can view oncoming traffic and look at the signal simultaneously.
Puffin crossings make crossing the road easier and safer. A puffin crossing its name derived from the phrase pedestrian user friendly intelligent is a type of pedestrian crossing in use in the united kingdom.
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