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Most countries even. Where is it a thing outside the US?
by stuaxo 8y ago
Most countries even.
Where is it a thing outside the US?
- skocznymroczny 8y agoIn Poland for example. You are not allowed to cross the road if there is a pedestrian crossing within 100m range. Also, you can get fined for crossing the street on red light even if the street is completely empty of traffic.
- Splognosticus 8y agoI remember reading that technically jaywalking is not illegal in the U.S. either. You just will almost certainly die is all.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoSingapore at least.
- dunefox 8y agoAny country that has street lights for pedestrians? In Germany, you get fined.
- Escapado 8y agoGerman (from Hamburg) here. We jaywalk all the time. Of course if there is heavy traffic then people usually go to the next traffic light as it will be faster but in my almost 30 years I have heard of maybe 1 incident where the police actually stopped a friend of mine. They didn't issue a fine and let him off with a warning.
- SyneRyder 8y agoWorth pointing out that the Ampelmann is such a cultural icon in Berlin, there are stores where you can buy merchandise of the crosswalk man/woman logos: https://www.ampelmann.de/en/ https://www.ampelmann.de/en/ As an Aussie tourist in Berlin I once crossed the street against the Ampelmann, and to this day I remember the audible "tut tuts" and disgust of the German locals around me at my actions. Lesson learned: Respect the Ampelmann. (On the flipside, I remember once talking to a Kenyan on a bus here in Australia, he was horrified that Australians were such mindless robots & so eager to follow government rules that we would even wait for a crosswalk light to tell us when to walk and when to stop.)
- BerislavLopac 8y agoThe UK has pedestrian traffic lights, but there is no limit where you can cross.