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Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by OJFord on Friday November 27, 2020 @03:00PM (#25232101)
In the part of Europe I live in (London), if I did not go to any sites using reCaptcha, I would not know what a 'crosswalk' is.

Even the things I have seen (traffic lights, buses, 'fire hydrants') don't always ('fire hydrants' never) look the same as their American counterparts.

It's just a totally ill-conceived system for any global website.

Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by archon810 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @01:24AM (#25235715)
Are you saying London doesn't have crosswalks? I find that hard to believe.
Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by OJFord on Saturday November 28, 2020 @08:49AM (#25237477)
London has plenty of pedestrian crossings, but they're unmarked, at least not in the same way - a stop line for cars before the lights, sure - except for 'zebra crossings', which look different, have different rules (no traffic lights and cars must give way to pedestrians) and would never be called a 'crosswalk'.

I suppose they just don't need to be, because not using one isn't 'jaywalking'. If there's too much traffic you identify a safe crossing by zebra stripes (or flashing beacon) or traffic lights or island.

When reCaptcha first asked me to identify the 'crosswalks', sure, I guessed it must be the road markings. But I just (still, to this day) select all the road markings that aren't obviously just centre direction seperating lines. I might get loads wrong, no idea.

Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by lokedhs on Saturday November 28, 2020 @02:38AM (#25236010)
They are called zebra crossings outside the US. They also look different.
Re:CAPTCHAs don’t prove you’re human – they prove you’re Ame... by OJFord on Saturday November 28, 2020 @11:26AM (#25238455)
My understanding is that 'crosswalks' are all legal points (because 'jaywalking' at another point is illegal in the US) of pedestrian crossing.

At least in the UK, zebra crossings are a tiny subset of pedestrian crossings. (And you can cross the road wherever you please.)