Here in Aylesbury, they trialled a tiger crossings... (from Wiki)
Tiger crossing[edit]
A tiger crossing is a variation used in
Hong Kong, and formerly (experimentally) in the
United Kingdom. It is painted yellow and black. In the UK, it allowed cyclists to cross in a central area of the road without dismounting, and obliged motorists to give way to both cyclists and pedestrians.
Aylesbury in
Buckinghamshire experimented with tiger crossings in 2006 and 2007, but replaced them with
toucan crossings.
[11] Switzerland also uses yellow stripes for pedestrian crossings, but unlike the above crossings, cyclists are required to dismount to cross the road.
Problems with British zebra crossings have been discussed by the
Cycling Embassy of Great Britain.
[12]
For some obscure reason, pedestrians believe they have complete right of way at crossings. I witnessed one woman walk up to a crossing and step straight out without looking, almost under the wheels of a car - she then started shouting abuse at him. I said to her "you do realise that you are supposed to wait for traffic to stop before walking out" - she said "no, traffic is supposed to stop at crossings" I told her she was wrong & needed to read the highway code.
It's a real shame that the education system doesn't teach real world skills instead of some of the daft stuff we had crammed into us. Young kids could be taught how to be good pedestrians, as they grow they could move on to learning to ride safely, moving on to car basics in senior school (it's amazing how many don't know how to change a wheel or even where to put the oil