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2. Zebra crossing - Wikipedia

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   Zebra crossings are so named because their stripes resemble those of a zebra, though the origins of the link are disputed. The origin of the zebra title is debated. [4] It is generally attributed to British MP James Callaghan who, in 1948, visited the country's Transport and Road Research Laboratory which was working on a new idea for safe pedestrian crossings.

3. Abbey Road - Wikipedia

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   The front cover was a photograph of the group walking on a zebra crossing, based on ideas that McCartney sketched, [86] [nb 4] and taken on 8 August 1969 outside EMI Studios on Abbey Road. At 11:35 that morning, photographer Iain Macmillan was given only ten minutes to take the photo while he stood on a step-ladder and a policeman held up ...

4. Pedestrian crossings in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   A zebra crossing in Antrim. Zebra crossings are a type of controlled crossing indicated by white longitudinal bars across the carriageway and upright flashing globes, known as 'belisha' beacons. Zebra crossings can be used on roads where the 85th percentile speed is not above 35mph. The minimum width for a crossing is 2.4 m. [4]: 125

5. Slough experiment - Wikipedia

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   A British zebra crossing. The British Government's Road Research Laboratory's (RRL) Traffic and Safety Division was established at Langley, near Slough in 1946. [1]: 2 The division was soon tasked with developing a new type of pedestrian crossing that would be visible in all weather conditions. [2]

6. Abbey Road, London - Wikipedia

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   The crossing may have been relocated several metres as part of traffic management work in the 1970s, with a spokesperson for Westminster City Council saying in 2010 that "by comparing photographs with the Ordnance Survey maps, we believe that the crossing might have been further north nearer 3 Abbey Road, which was the front house of the EMI ...

7. HIV isn't the death sentence it once was: How related deaths ...

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   More than 1 million Americans live with human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, with tens of thousands of new diagnoses each year. But with earlier diagnoses and advances in treatment, HIV, the ...