What as a English man should I look out for on a trip to the USA.

  • JustinA
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    11 days ago

    Much more likely to get run over in a crosswalk in the us than in Europe. American drivers don’t stop. The amount of overengineered zebra crossings in the US are crazy.

    https://youtu.be/d-5A2RxgvOc

    • bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      Part of the problem is that if you get a green light, so can go ahead or turn right, the road to your right has a “walk” sign on at the same time. So pedestrians can start crossing. In the UK a walk-sign equivalent means that “the traffic has stopped so that you can cross”.