Why is a pelican crossing called that? And no chicken jokes, please!

MaggieG 5

"Pe"destrian "Li"ght "C"ontrolled gives you the PELIC and I think they just shoved the an bit on the end to make it easy to remember. Oct 16 04, 3:51 PM

Baloo55th

Close enough for a very fast yay! Actually, they changed peli"con" to pelican to go with zebra. Oct 16 04, 3:57 PM

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