In uk.d-i-y, Invisible Man wrote:
The local authority recently changed a puffin to a pelican near us
after at least one fatal accident apparently because some elderly
persons are lost without a red or green man the other side of the road.
In busy areas it is often impossible to see the lower level signals if
there is a crowd waiting to cross.

Well, yes. There's a reason why traffic lights are placed so high. It's
a pity that it never occurred to anyone that the same reason applies to
pedestrian lights.

I can't see the point of moving the red/green man from the other side of
the road to this side. I can think of no advantages but *lots* of
disadvantages.

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Mike Barnes