On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Mizter T wrote:

> On Jul 15, 11:12 am, Mizter T  wrote:
>
>> On Jul 15, 8:15 am, "Ian"  wrote:
>>
>>> Doen't any of them ride a horse???   :o)
>>
>> Seems like the Equestrian commuter lobby obviously didn't donate enough 
>> money to the Boris election campaign... they need to up their profile 
>> somehow, there's hardly any facilities for horses on the roads at the 
>> moment, the only one I can think of off the top of my head is the horse 
>> crossing at Hyde Park Corner - see:
>>
>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/brianofthegrahams/3045891110/>
>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/henrybloomfield/3306280265/>
>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/ninoxowl/3132046063/>
>> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/catapultsam/506529510/>
>
> But there *are* more... and actually when I think about it, I think I 
> have indeed come across these south west London horse crossings in the 
> (horse)flesh before...
>
> Wimbledon:
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicamulley/3439068052/>
> Richmond:
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/drscar/3214017311/>
>
> Also, Bell Lane near London Colney:
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/dansai/461808729/>

I suspect that design was done on the cheap - the red "don't trot" icon 
has the same shape as the green "trot" one, that is with the horse's legs 
in motion. Compare that to the signal for humans, in which the red man is 
standing still, and the green man is ambling. Deuteranopic equestrians 
beware!

Another bit of horse infrastructure in London is the sandy horse track 
going round Hyde Park.

tom

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