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Old 07-01-2011, 12:45 PM
Rob Pruijt Rob Pruijt is offline
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Originally Posted by cscmc1 View Post
That was my first thought, too. You have the ONE guy who rides up on the median -- that's it. Everyone waits for the light, too. Amazing.

I remember being in Dusseldorf in 1996 or so, and walking around at about 1am. The streets were empty save for a few pedestrians, and I jaywalked (in a crosswalk but not with the "walk" signal); the other pedestrians looked at me like I was mad. I didn't do that anymore; play by the local rules, I say.
Ordinarily practically nobody on a bicycle stops for a red light. On this film the red lights are for crossing a bus lane. People do wait for an articulated bus, they drive rather fast and don't brake very good.

Our bishop was asked in an interview about his sins, he told the reporter that he never waited for a red light when he was on his bicycle. A week later he was hit by a car (survived with a broken leg).

Rob
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