On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 13:44:21 +0100 Richard wrote:
}
} In Switzerland IIRC there's often (always?) a flashing yellow to
} remind the turning drivers that pedestrians have a green light. It
} works there, of course; in France (as would happen here) you've got to
} be very careful, and there aren't many such pedestrian crossings
} anyway (I can only think of one, in Paris off the Rue de Rivoli near
} Samaritaine).

There's a flashing sign for motorists turning that says "Priorite
Peitons"

There are a dozen or more predestrian crossings on the boulevard
Voltaire alone.

Matthew
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