Wait
A quick look either way... its clear... lets cross!...
The German police see the matter differently. It’s illegal to cross the road either away from a designated crossing or when the pedestrian light is red, and police forces set fines for breaking jaywalking laws.
Excerpt from here: www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/10599631/Why-the-gree...
"Then again, when stumbling bleary-eyed out of the Berghain nightclub, young Brits will indeed encounter the famed German obedience at a quite unexpected point: the next set of traffic lights. Even at, say, five in the morning on a Sunday, a good portion of German revellers will, regardless of their state of intoxication and of the actual amount of traffic on the roads, wait for the green man before crossing the road."
Wait
A quick look either way... its clear... lets cross!...
The German police see the matter differently. It’s illegal to cross the road either away from a designated crossing or when the pedestrian light is red, and police forces set fines for breaking jaywalking laws.
Excerpt from here: www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatlife/10599631/Why-the-gree...
"Then again, when stumbling bleary-eyed out of the Berghain nightclub, young Brits will indeed encounter the famed German obedience at a quite unexpected point: the next set of traffic lights. Even at, say, five in the morning on a Sunday, a good portion of German revellers will, regardless of their state of intoxication and of the actual amount of traffic on the roads, wait for the green man before crossing the road."