Interesting cultural difference: in Germany, if a car turns and pedestrians walk straight ahead, crossing the street, the car has to stop, even if it has a gre

Interesting cultural difference: in Germany, if a car turns and pedestrians walk straight ahead, crossing the street, the car has to stop, even if it has a green light. In the UK (and other countries, I suppose), the car has right of way, so there's a need for a separate phase at traffic lights when all the cars get a red light and all pedestrians get a green light. Seems we could speed things up if all countries would give pedestrians the right of way in this case, as it would eliminate the need for a separate green phase for pedestrians.