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In Copenhagen there's a nuance that you're socially expected to wait at marked pedestrian crossings until they're green, but it's ok to cross the road yourself
by agurk 7y ago
In Copenhagen there's a nuance that you're socially expected to wait at marked pedestrian crossings until they're green, but it's ok to cross the road yourself at points where there's no marked crossing (and therefore no lights). People will do this 20m from a marked crossing too.
This extends to people waiting in the middle of the road between traffic flows (usually on wider roads) which in my experience is only common behaviour in countries where jaywalking is not seen as a problem.
- scotty79 7y agoIn Poland you can be fined when you cross on red, but you are allowed to cross anywherere if crossing is farther than 100 meters (unless there are barriers) and on any intersection without marked crossing. Also pedestrians don't have right of way outside of marked crossings, even if they are about to enter them. We have a ton of accidents on pedestrian crossings so those rules are probably bad.
- mrweasel 7y ago>but it's ok to cross the road yourself at points where there's no marked crossing I'm not sure that it's viewed as OK, but yes, absolutely, people will do this. People will actively walk past a marked crossing, and 10 - 20 meters down the road walk straight out into traffic. It's amazingly absurd. Rather than wait a few minutes for a green light, some people will prefer to run between moving cars in an attempt to save a little time.