Crossword clues for traffic island
traffic island
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. A raised area in a roadway or traffic circle, bordered by curbs, used to control traffic.
WordNet
n. an island area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians [syn: safety island, safety isle, safety zone]
Wikipedia
A traffic island is a solid or painted object in a road that channelises traffic. It can also be a narrow strip of island between roads that intersect at an acute angle. If the island uses road markings only, without raised kerbs or other physical obstructions, it is called a painted island or (especially in the UK) ghost island. Traffic islands can be used to reduce the speed of cars driving through.
When traffic islands are longer, they are instead called traffic medians, a strip in the middle of a road. serving the divider function over a much longer distance.
When making left turns, drivers will often drive over painted islands even though it is technically illegal. Some traffic islands may serve as refuge islands for pedestrians. Traffic islands are often used at partially blind intersections on back-streets to prevent cars from cutting a corner with potentially dangerous results, or to prevent some movements totally, for traffic safety or traffic calming reasons.
In certain areas of the United Kingdom, particularly in The Midlands, the term island is often used as a synonym for roundabout.
Usage examples of "traffic island".
You can always tell a Midwestern couple in Europe because they will be standing on a traffic island in the middle of a busy intersection looking at a windblown map and arguing over which way is west.
Not that Milligan recognized Trevor Jordan, but seeing the squad car, the senior policemen, and three civilians all grouped on the traffic island - and all staring at him - he did know that he'd been made.
There's supposed to be a stone marking the purported spot on the traffic island there.
I crossed to the traffic island and paused a moment, watching her.
He turned down Central Park West and raced to Sixty-fifth Street, then turned into the park, driving across a traffic island to break into the traffic.