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Here in Denmark I can basically just jump in front of a moving car on a crosswalk (one without traffic lights) and if the car so much as touches me they risk losing their driver's licence.
I know The Netherlands is the same like that. Not sure about other EU countries.
The French will try to run you over, and the Italians actively speed up when they see a pedestrian.
In the UK you actually do have to stop and people do even Audi drivers stop sometimes.
This sounds outlandish, I'm not sure I believe you. What about BMW drivers? Don't tell me even they stop for pedestrians?
BMW's in the uk are more like Hondas in the US, they're EVERYWHERE :)
Oh huh, they're more like Audis here in Finland
Outlandish is the idea of them using their turn signal.
"Using the turn signal is giving information to the enemy", every Audi and BMW driver ever.
In Germany I'd say in nearly all occasions cars would stop if I actively walk towards the crosswalk. If I just stand on the side and look and wait its not that uncommon that cars still don't yield even if they should
Same in Norway. The moment the walker puts a foot on the crossing they have the right of way.
Remember when at uni a exchange student from Luxembourg and one from Russia was discussing that one big cultural shock for them was how cars stopped at crossings in Norway. I drive quite a lot and its so ingrained in me to watch for walkers and to yield if they want to cross,
Yeah, it seems like if you even look like you might be approaching the crosswalk, the cars come to a halt in Germany.
In the USA, cars will actively run you over in the crosswalk and likely face no negative consequences.
It's important to note here, that in Germany (at least, the region where I live) you will fail the practical driving exam if you don't stop at a crosswalk with any pedestrian within about 5 meters, unless they are actively walking away from it.
I think overall German driver's education is significantly better (and much more expensive) than in the US.
Driver's education appears to be but one of many things that Germany does better than the USA. It is very difficult to fail a drivers test in the USA.
It will be reformed soon tho. I hope they find the right balance between cutting costs and keeping good practices in driving education tho
Narrator's voice: They didn't.
Makes me wonder then why crosswalks even exis in the first place in the US. Like then what's the point of them? Literally no difference to crossing the street at any other point which doesn't have a crosswalk. Would literally play out the same.
Crosswalks exist to limit where pedestrians are allowed to be.
In my experience it's comparable in Spain, if not slightly better
In the US, you can only get them to stop if you get hit. And that's only a maybe.
Pedestrians and bicycles aren't even second class citizens in the states.
In SEA, the vehicles don't stop, but they will try to go around you. So the key is to walk at a constant pace.
The graveyard is filled with people who had the right of way.
Only in countries that lack sever consequence.
It's the same where I live, and yet i have been almost run over twice in the last two weeks alone