Special K: Live webcam of crosswalk from Abbey Road album.
b1-66er: Great great catch.
I watched for a couple minutes.
What's interesting is (at least @16:15 GMT), NO ONE just speeds on through the intersection...
... And ALL buses stop...
...I know the driving rules in the UK well. Had to do it for a couple years and I'd describe the automobile behavior I'm seeing there as 'super-cautious' (from the usual). A lot of people must do a lot of jack-ass things in that spot...
... Just in the time I was watching, I saw I guy stop in the middle of the zebra and shoot a camera pic down the road (probably a Guess-Where-This-Is? or some such)...
... In the middle of rush hour.
On a weekday.
In pandemic...
So, lemme do some simple math...
Let's just look at the guy shooting down the road and act as though no one EVER gets 4 people to walk across (with some fifth character shooting a profile view)...
... And let's say that I just got lucky.
Saw an event that only happens 3× an hour during the morning and evening rush hours, which only run 2 hours in the morning and 2 in the evening...
...And only once/hour all other daylight hours.
And only once at night.
But 4× on the weekend.
3 times
2 hours
2× a day
5 days a week
Make it 8× total on the weekend.
There are 250 working days in a US year.
G sez there are 266 in the UK. (I've worked there, Yanquis work harder than the Brits, so I'll use my bias and just say they do the same.)
Holidays won't be counted differently... While it's true you're more likely to be a jackass on Abbey Road during your vacation..
... you're just as likely to take your jackASS ANYWHERE else...
... So those cancel out.
Amount of Abbey Road Jackasseri in a Year
[250 × 3 × 2 × 5] {working days} +
[165.25 × 8] {weekends and holidays... Including leap years} +
250+165.25 {nights}
9200 times a year
9200 TIMES, Special K
Unless I caught some freak occurrence by chance, that's gonna be right order of magnitude.
No wonder the buses stop at the zebra. They my even be told they have to by London Transport.
K: "Why don't we do it in the road?"
b1: Because
A) You're wrong. EVERYONE will be watchin' you. (Including the Web cam.)
1) Don't listen to the Sex Pistols... performing for the London Transit system is NOT sexy
B) You very well COULD get hit by some conveyance. (In fact, it's likely YOU will get Churchill'd by instinctively looking the wrong way.)
C) The road is scratchy, hard, not 'room temperature' (by definition) and there's nowhere to put your head 'afterward' that doesn't include pavement or a rock. Licking a highway stripe (although Slippery When Wet) is NOT sexy.
K: Good analysis.
