That's an incredibly German perspective. Somehow in other parts of the world, practicality is allowed to take precedence over rigid adherence to authority, and

That's an incredibly German perspective. Somehow in other parts of the world, practicality is allowed to take precedence over rigid adherence to authority, and it seems to work out fine. Reminds me of catching hell from random old German ladies in Berlin when I crossed a sleepy residential street, without a car on the road in sight for miles, without waiting for the crosswalk light to go green. Or gasp crossing a street without using a crosswalk!