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We know the meaning of the American word in Britain, but it's also not a concept here. Germany seems very strict compared to the UK. You can be fined €10 in G

We know the meaning of the American word in Britain, but it's also not a concept here. Germany seems very strict compared to the UK. You can be fined €10 in Germany for crossing when the red man is lit!

dathinab 2y ago
Yes but jaywlaking is more then just crossing when the light is red (which indeed is highly frowned on in parts of Germany, and very normal in other parts of Germany). Jaywalking also refers to e.g. crossing the road without having a pedestrian crossing which is very normal in Germany.
- Suppafly 2y ago
  > Jaywalking also refers to e.g. crossing the road without having a pedestrian crossing which is very normal in Germany. It's actually more like crossing in the middle instead of the corner, corners are automatically allowed even without special markings, which from other comments seems like it's either illegal or frowned upon in germany too, right?
  - dathinab 2y ago
    only crossing on a pedestrian traffic light while it's signals you to wait is frowned on (and illegal) (also including crossing just idk. 5m below the traffic light while it's red for pedestrians). for the rest basically if you do it "unsafely" especially if there are children it's also frowned on but otherwise very normal some more conservative place might also frown on crossing close by a pedestrian crossing even if there is no red light at the crossing because "why are you so lazy to not walk that additional idk. 20m" but I have yet to meet anyone who expects you to idk. walk down 100m to the next crossing and then 100m back or something like that and all of this is for streets where there might be a traffic light, for most residential side streets people all the time cross wherever they like without giving it any thought and in rural villages stuff like children playing on hardly used residential side streets is not really that rare (important not the "main" street passing through the village even if it's classified as a side street too.)
sheepscreek 2y ago
While travelling in Germany, I got to know the man in the pedestrian lights has a name: Ampelman (Ampelmännchen). The fact that they gave it a name - no wonder it’s a touchy topic for them.
- Symbiote 2y ago
  In Britain he has roughly as much of a name: the Green Man (or the Red Man), as in "wait for the Green Man" said to a child.

dathinab 2y ago

Yes but jaywlaking is more then just crossing when the light is red (which indeed is highly frowned on in parts of Germany, and very normal in other parts of Germany). Jaywalking also refers to e.g. crossing the road without having a pedestrian crossing which is very normal in Germany.

Suppafly 2y ago
> Jaywalking also refers to e.g. crossing the road without having a pedestrian crossing which is very normal in Germany. It's actually more like crossing in the middle instead of the corner, corners are automatically allowed even without special markings, which from other comments seems like it's either illegal or frowned upon in germany too, right?
- dathinab 2y ago
  only crossing on a pedestrian traffic light while it's signals you to wait is frowned on (and illegal) (also including crossing just idk. 5m below the traffic light while it's red for pedestrians). for the rest basically if you do it "unsafely" especially if there are children it's also frowned on but otherwise very normal some more conservative place might also frown on crossing close by a pedestrian crossing even if there is no red light at the crossing because "why are you so lazy to not walk that additional idk. 20m" but I have yet to meet anyone who expects you to idk. walk down 100m to the next crossing and then 100m back or something like that and all of this is for streets where there might be a traffic light, for most residential side streets people all the time cross wherever they like without giving it any thought and in rural villages stuff like children playing on hardly used residential side streets is not really that rare (important not the "main" street passing through the village even if it's classified as a side street too.)

sheepscreek 2y ago

While travelling in Germany, I got to know the man in the pedestrian lights has a name: Ampelman (Ampelmännchen). The fact that they gave it a name - no wonder it’s a touchy topic for them.

Symbiote 2y ago
In Britain he has roughly as much of a name: the Green Man (or the Red Man), as in "wait for the Green Man" said to a child.