{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pelican-pedestrian-crossings-regulations-and-general-directions-1987/schedule-2/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pelican-pedestrian-crossings-regulations-and-general-directions-1987/schedule-2/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/16",
  "legislation_title": "The Pelican Pedestrian Crossings Regulations and General Directions 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pelican-pedestrian-crossings-regulations-and-general-directions-1987",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Manner of indicating a “Pelican” controlled area and provision as to placing the stop line",
  "text": "Where the crossing is on a road which is a one-way street the pattern of lines shall consist of:\n(1) a stop line placed parallel to the nearer row of studs indicating the limits of the crossing and extending–\n(a) in the case of a crossing of the type shown in diagram 4 or 5, from one edge of the carriageway to the other; and\n(b) in the case of a crossing of the type shown in diagram 6, from the edge of the carriageway to the central reservation;\n(2) two or more zig-zag lines placed on the carriageway, each containing not less than 8 and not more than 18 marks, and extending away from the crossing;\n(3) subject to sub-paragraph (4) of this paragraph, where a central reservation is provided the road marking shown in diagram 1041 in Schedule 2 to the Traffic Signs Regulations 1981 may be placed on the carriageway between the zig-zag lines on the approaches to the central reservation; and\n(4) where a central reservation is provided connecting crossings which form part of a system of staggered crossings, the road markings mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph shall be placed on the carriageway in the manner indicated in diagram 6.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/16/schedule/2/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:34:22.595720+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}