<P> A zebra crossing appears on the cover of The Beatles' Abbey Road album . It made it a tourist attraction, and it has been incorporated into the Abbey Road Studios logo . Since the Abbey Road photo was taken, zigzag lines at the kerb and in the centre of the road have been added to all zebra crossings to indicate the no - stopping zones on either side . The band Shriekback's album Sacred City contains an entire song, "Beatles Zebra Crossing?", about the Abbey Road zebra crossing and its status as a tourist attraction . English Heritage has given this crossing Grade II Listed Building status . </P> <P> There is also a tongue - in - cheek reference to zebra crossings in the science - fiction comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by English author Douglas Adams, in reference to Man using the improbable creature called the Babel fish as proof of the non-existence of God; the novel says, "Man then goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed at the next zebra crossing ." </P> <P> The La Paz traffic zebras is a team of young people who dress in zebra costumes and dance in the streets of La Paz, Bolivia in order to make drivers and pedestrians aware of traffic rules . </P> <P> A zebra crossing immediately outside the Russian Embassy in Helsinki was painted in summer 2013 with the colours of the rainbow in protest the Russian government's policy towards lesbian and gay people, the rainbow being one symbol of the LGBT culture . A similar protest has also been made on a zebra crossing near the Russian Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden . </P>

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