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What type of UK pedestrian crossing is designed to also let horse riders cross safely, using a higher call button?

Answer

Pegasus crossing

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Percy Shaw's 1934 invention gave the UK what type of retroreflective road stud, still used on roads today?

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Cat's eye

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What is the common American nickname for the round raised reflective markers used to mark highway lanes?

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Botts' dots

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What is the British slang nickname for a road speed bump?

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Sleeping policeman

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The 1948 MUTCD settled the early center-line color debate in favor of which color?

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White

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The Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals required ratification by how many states to take effect?

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15

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In what year were the first U.S. Route signs installed?

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1926

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On what date did the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals enter into force?

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6 June 1978

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On a puffin crossing, pedestrian signal lights are mounted on which side of the road?

Answer

Near side

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In what year was the UK pelican crossing introduced?

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1969

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William Potts created the first four-way, three-color traffic light in which U.S. city?

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Detroit

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Lester Wire developed the first electric traffic light in 1912 in which U.S. city?

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Salt Lake City

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