Editing Zebra crossing (section)

=== United Kingdom ===
{{See also|Pedestrian crossings in the United Kingdom#Zebra crossings}}
[[File:Wavy lines before pedestrian crossing.jpg|thumb|These zigzag lines indicate to [[Driving in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom motorists]] that they are approaching a pedestrian crossing.]]

In the United Kingdom, it is the law that all road users, including motorists, give way to pedestrians who have set foot on a zebra crossing. A fine of £100 and three licence penalty points is given to those failing to give way at the crossings. This penalty has attracted criticisms of leniency when compared to other countries which enforce fines of up to £2,000.<ref>{{cite news|last=Millward|first=David|date=22 October 2008|title=Zebra crossing road deaths treble|newspaper=Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/3242048/Zebra-crossing-road-deaths-treble.html|url-status=live|access-date=2018-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411002329/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/3242048/Zebra-crossing-road-deaths-treble.html|archive-date=2017-04-11}}</ref> For failing to give way at a zebra crossing patrolled by a [[Crossing guard|school crossing patrol]] ("lollipop man/lady" as they are commonly called), however, the penalty rises to £1,000 and a minimum of three licence points, with the possibility even of [[Sentencing in England and Wales|disqualification]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Road Safety Wales|date=2010-03-04|title=School Crossing Patrol – News|url=http://www.roadsafetywales.co.uk/scp/news.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006135405/http://www.roadsafetywales.co.uk/scp/news.htm|archive-date=2014-10-06|access-date=2014-08-19|publisher=Roadsafetywales.co.uk}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, motorists have to stop for a crossing patrol, even when it is not on a pedestrian crossing.<ref>{{cite web|last=Qureshi|first=Yakub|date=2013-12-18|title=Annalise Holt death: Oldham schoolgirl aged 12 who died after being hit by a van at zebra crossing named by police|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/annalise-holt-death-oldham-schoolgirl-2940183|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006143641/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/annalise-holt-death-oldham-schoolgirl-2940183|archive-date=2014-10-06|access-date=2014-08-19|work=Mirror Online}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2012-05-21|title=Lollipop women and men in the firing line|url=http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9717075.print/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082516/http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9717075.print/|archive-date=2014-10-06|access-date=2014-08-19|newspaper=[[Southern Daily Echo]]}}</ref>

In the United Kingdom, [[lollipop men]] or women (school crossing patrols) frequently attend zebra crossings near schools, at the hours when schoolchildren arrive and leave. Their widely used nickname arose because of the warning sign they hold up as they stop traffic:  the sign is a large round disc on a long pole and thus resembles a giant lollipop, although they were originally of a square design.{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}