Chris5156: Add new header and category ped crossings

2009-12-04T10:50:44Z

Add new header and category ped crossings

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	[[Category:Subseries MT 95]]		[[Category:Subseries MT 95]][[Category:Pedestrian Crossings]]
	{\|		{{Header
	~~\|'''Location'''~~		\| title = Belisha beacons
	\|[[~~National Archives~~]]		\| daterange = 1954-1962
	\|-		\| nacatref = 2056559
	~~\|'''Title'''~~		\| series = MT
	\|Belisha beacons		\| subseries = 95
	\|-		}}
	~~\|'''Date range'''~~
	\|1954-1962
	\|-
	\|~~'''Catalogue'''~~
	\|~~[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=2056559&SearchInit=4&CATREF~~=~~MT+~~95~~%2F157 See entry]~~
	\|}

	===Context===		===Context===

Chris5156: New page: Category:Subseries MT 95 {| |'''Location''' |National Archives |- |'''Title''' |Belisha beacons |- |'''Date range''' |1954-1962 |- |'''Catalogue''' |[http://www.nationalarchives.go...

2008-12-24T01:53:16Z

New page: Category:Subseries MT 95 {| |'''Location''' |National Archives |- |'''Title''' |Belisha beacons |- |'''Date range''' |1954-1962 |- |'''Catalogue''' |[http://www.nationalarchives.go...

New page

[[Category:Subseries MT 95]]
{|
|'''Location'''
|[[National Archives]]
|-
|'''Title'''
|Belisha beacons
|-
|'''Date range'''
|1954-1962
|-
|'''Catalogue'''
|[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=2056559&SearchInit=4&CATREF=MT+95%2F157 See entry]
|}

===Context===
Until the early 1950s, pedestrian crossings that operated on a priority rule were marked by "Belisha Beacons", these being a striped pole on each side of the road, surmounted by a yellow globe.

An increasing accident rate required action, and this file details the Ministry of Transport's efforts to improve the visibility of the crossing places, and in doing so, creating the modern zebra crossing.

Stripes were added across the road in October 1951, and many redundant crossings were removed. This improved the accident rate dramatically in the daytime. However, accidents were still increasing at night. The Ministry was forced to find a solution and in 1952, having considered a number of alternatives, introduced flashing lights within the Belisha Beacons.

===Contents of note===
* Copious correspondence regarding every conceivable aspect of striped road markings, flashing beacons, steady lights in beacons, illuminated poles, whether lights on opposite sides of the road and along the length of a street should flash at the same time, in sequence or randomly, and so on.

===People with camera copies===
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MT 95/157 - Revision history

Chris5156: Add new header and category ped crossings

Chris5156: New page: Category:Subseries MT 95 {| |'''Location''' |National Archives |- |'''Title''' |Belisha beacons |- |'''Date range''' |1954-1962 |- |'''Catalogue''' |[http://www.nationalarchives.go...