Zebra Crossing Definition: Striped white or yellow lines painted on asphalted streets indicating a pedestrian crossing or a pedestrian right-of-way. Whether or not a pedestrian has right-of-way merely because he or she is upon a zebra crossing depends on the local rules, the careful engagement upon the zebra crossing, as well as the presence or not of pedestrian crossing lights. Shown on the cover of a Beatles album (Abbey Road). Gerald Dodson (1884-1967), later a judge but while acting as counsel and before a jury, once said; "If there is one dangerous place on the cross-roads, it is a pedestrian crossing."1 REFERENCES: Fountain, Richard, The Wit of the Wig (London: Leslie Frewin Publisher, 1968), page 487 [NOTE 1] Categories & Topics: Traffic Law Dictionary Find you are constantly looking up definitions? Try our search provider (works in most modern browsers) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Legal Dictionary, or if you have legal term suggestion, we'd love to hear from you!