Re: Pedestrians give way to cars

[Neil Waller <nwaller@dehaa.sa.gov.au>]

Anthony Morton wrote:
> 
> Bob Scheurle <scheurle@z-eclipse-z.net> wrote:
> 
> >I guess you've never been to New Jersey.  (Technically, pedestrians
> >have the right of way at marked crossings, but the drivers don't know
> >that and the pedestrians don't know that.)
> 
> The same thing happens in Paris, of all places.  Crossing one of their
> boulevardes is cheating death.
> 
> TM


Or in Indonesia's big cities.

Basically the traffic is chaos.   But crossing the road is easy.

You just do it.   Step off the pavement and wave the traffic down
and it all parts for you.

Well that is how the locals do it.   I never really had the courage.

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