When I visited Hamburg many years ago I got strange looks when I crossed the middle of the street where there was no crosswalk to get to a bar or restaurant on the other side. The Germans of Hamburg were the same as your co-worker they’d wait at a crosswalk and even if no traffic would wait til the pedestrian signal changed before crossing even if it was 2:00 AM and no cars on the road besides a taxi here or there.
***The Germans of Hamburg were the same as your co-worker they’d wait at a crosswalk and even if no traffic would wait til the pedestrian signal changed before crossing even if it was 2:00 AM and no cars on the road besides a taxi here or there.
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Seattle was the same way a few years ago...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FP9I-CPfL4
...now, not so much...
Vee haf vays of making you walk...
(Ducks shower of rotten fruit)
I tend to make it a point to violate crosswalk rules whenever possible. Of course, that isn’t always possible.
Interesting factoid - jaywalking is apparently illegal in New York, but not in Chattanooga.