100 years ago: Electra Lynne was arrested for violating LA’s newly-enacted traffic ordinance that prioritized cars over people.
100 years ago: Electra Lynne was arrested for violating LA’s newly-enacted traffic ordinance that prioritized cars over people.
I think it’s one of the fundamental binary splits between cultures (another is whether your choice of shoes matters). My first time in Europe, I was sternly spoken to in Munich by a woman as I was crossing a narrow street. With no traffic anywhere in sight. At 2 AM.
In Tangier, on the other hand, just wade out into it and go with the flow.
Ha! Many will relate to your German anecdote. In Germany my rule is Just don’t do it in front of children. Apparently many Germans feel obliged to lecture transgressors if kids see their bad example but might let it go otherwise. Funny!
But Germany really is an odd outlier in Europe. Something to do with Prussian militarism or something, there are lots of theories. The nextdoor Dutch are completely relaxed and let’s not even talks about the Italians.