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Icelandic illusion
Ísafjörður, a town in Iceland, has an optical illusion zebra crossing that surely slows down the traffic. It was inspired by a similar idea seen in Delhi, and there are now versions in various countries.

A video of the crossing in action: https://bit.ly/2Kqqq9

Images and video © Gústi Productions.

Warning lights
Belisha beacons are named after Leslie Hore-Belisha, who was the U.K’s Minister of Transport in 1934, when they were introduced. Seen everywhere in the United Kingdom and Ireland (and some other countries), the flashing yellow globes alert drivers to the presence of a pedestrian “zebra” crossing.

Album art
The cover of the Beatles’ “Abbey Road” (1969) is probably the most famous zebra crossing image. The location is very popular with London tourists, and it has Belisha beacons. Of course.

The crossing now.

Photograph by Misterweiss.

Belisha pencils could be useful for road safety note-taking. https://bit.ly/2NE5g9A

American crossings
All these types of markings are used in the U.S.

Image by bdesham.

People pictograms
There are many variants of the walking person pictogram around the world. Some examples are shown below.

This dancing-pictogram installation attracted a lot of attention when it was installed in Lisbon (2014) by car-maker Smart. It dramatically improved safety by drawing attention to the stop symbol, and keeping people interested until the green icon appeared.
Video: https://bit.ly/1sOO7JG