That's exactly how we do it in Italy, if you're smart enough you can cross at any time, in any direction. Unfortunately in northern Italy they seem to be a bit

That's exactly how we do it in Italy, if you're smart enough you can cross at any time, in any direction. Unfortunately in northern Italy they seem to be a bit more subject the dictatorship of rigid rules, drivers tend to honk at you if you cross at the red light, even if you're a walking on a zebra crossing, and everything moves slower and angrier Being the cities when it rains the most this is particularly annoying