Re:Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver...
by macleginn on Thursday January 02, 2020 @09:49AM
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I’ve just spent three weeks in Stockholm, and locals seem to generally ignore red lights if there are no cars nearby.
Re:Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver...
by ptaipale on Thursday January 02, 2020 @04:35PM
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And it's not punishable in Sweden (ie. you can walk the red light, you just have the duty to give way to vehicles and if you cause an accident, then you could be liable.)
Re:Oslo had 0 pedestrian, 0 cyclist, 0 children and 1 driver...
by gokhan on Thursday January 02, 2020 @04:46PM
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Based on the replies, I'm obviously wrong on Stockholm, although I remember otherwise. We walked a lot there, the hotel was way outside the city center.
Maybe it's because I was paying attention to tourists like me who obviously reluctant to cross on red in a foreign country.
That's not right in my experience. Swedes walk across when it's red. Danes wait for green, even when standing by an empty road in the middle of the night. When the Øresund bridge was opened, Swedish television made news spots informing people in Scania that Danish motorist aren't used to people stepping out on the road, and to be attentive spotting danish cars.