For a Finn like me, the traffic here is too fast, unforeseen and erratic 'cause there hardly is any rules.
First of all the streets are very narrow, both to walk and drive. Even when you're on the walkway you fear that you get hit by a bus sometime. The traffic itself is crazy!! Everybody drives sooo fast, even there are limits like 20 km/h at some streets. Like there wouldn't be any rules! Along with Milla, we were wondering if there often happens accidents when everything's so reckless, but we haven't seen one yet.
The traffic culture here is that the walkers cross the streets everytime they see no cars coming, no matter what the light shows. But even if you'd follow the traffic lights, it's not guaranteed you're safe. In Finland the red light means 'wait' and the green one 'go', but here's little different...
First of all the streets are very narrow, both to walk and drive. Even when you're on the walkway you fear that you get hit by a bus sometime. The traffic itself is crazy!! Everybody drives sooo fast, even there are limits like 20 km/h at some streets. Like there wouldn't be any rules! Along with Milla, we were wondering if there often happens accidents when everything's so reckless, but we haven't seen one yet.
The traffic culture here is that the walkers cross the streets everytime they see no cars coming, no matter what the light shows. But even if you'd follow the traffic lights, it's not guaranteed you're safe. In Finland the red light means 'wait' and the green one 'go', but here's little different...
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| The traffic lights for walkers |
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