Zigzag lines at a zebra crossing

White zig-zag lines on both approaches to a pedestrian crossing - here a zebra crossing, with its flashing amber beacons - mark the area where drivers and pedestrians need to see each other clearly. You MUST NOT park on the crossing or in the area covered by the zig-zag lines, and you MUST NOT overtake the moving vehicle nearest the crossing or the vehicle nearest the crossing which has stopped to give way to pedestrians (Rule 191). At a zebra you MUST give way when a pedestrian has moved onto the crossing (Rule 195). The same zigzags are used at signal-controlled crossings such as pelican, puffin and toucan crossings.