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Re:To be a better UI/UX designer, go to a foreign country, r... by zwieback on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @11:20AM (#5518688)
The street lights were the most confusing thing moving from Germany to the US. The first year or so my heart often jumped when I felt like I was running a red light after turning right on a green.

Now when I go back after driving in the US for 20 years there are a lot of things that seem weird in Germany. Not having right-on-red (and even left on red into one-ways) is a huge plus here. I also think there's too much yielding to the car coming from much smaller streets on the right.

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Re:To be a better UI/UX designer, go to a foreign country, r... by rmk2 on Tuesday April 09, 2013 @11:42AM (#5518879)
> I also think there's too much yielding to the car coming from much smaller streets on the right.

That's a feature though, since it is usually used in residential areas to slow down traffic and force people to stop more frequently, instead of just rolling through at 30...who are we kidding, 40+ Km/h.

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Re:To be a better UI/UX designer, go to a foreign country, r... by baq on Wednesday April 10, 2013 @06:47AM (#5524312)
40? make it 70 if there aren't any speed bumps.
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