On Monday, 25 April 2016 at 14:43:47 UTC, Chris wrote:
Be aware that in Germany pedestrians actually do stop at red traffic lights, even if there is no car in sight. The police might fine you and / or other pedestrians, who sheepishly wait at the traffic light, might start to scold you for being a bad role model for children (even if it's 2am and there are no children around). As a comedian once pointed out, why did they build the Berlin wall, a red traffic light would have done the trick :-)
Just stumbled on this Washington Post article today: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/04/25/this-city-embedded-traffic-lights-in-the-sidewalks-so-that-smartphone-users-dont-have-to-look-up/?tid=sm_fb
