• Tattorack@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    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.

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      18 hours ago

      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.

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        12 hours ago

        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?

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      19 hours ago

      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.

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      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.

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      It’s the same where I live, and yet i have been almost run over twice in the last two weeks alone