Zebra Crossing

9 Sep 2010 - Drivers in Moscow were confronted by zebras walking back and forth across some of the city's busiest intersections last Friday. It was part of a police campaign to call attention to the importance of pedestrian crossings, known as zebra crossings, which are routinely ignored in the Russian capital, as in many other cities. The ignorance contributes to the horrific number of pedestrians who are mown down by passing cars, buses and trucks. The "zebras" were actually light grey circus horses painted with black stripes and they carried yellow signs on their backs that read: "careful, children are on their way to school." Drivers are aggressive and impatient in Moscow - as elsewhere - , where it is not unusual to see cars zipping down footpaths or through red lights. Drivers say it is too risky to stop because the ca behind them is unlikely to extend the same courtesy. It is not known how many zebras were ran over.