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(---) accepting that the white lines are only there because - well, because modern traffic systems have zebra crossings. But they have no function other than as a formal constituent of a modern traffic system. The Fiats zooming past the stranded tourists are not conscious of having wronged them. And no traffic policeman would dream of booking a driver for not stopping at the white lines.

No. The real system, the one which functions, is one in which cars and pedestrians coexist simultaneously on the road. If you have to cross and there are no traffic lights, you set out on a slanting, zigzag path across the road. You slot in with the cars and don't hesitate or vary your pace. They'll see what you are doing. They'll make room for you. You'll almost certainly - whoever you are - get to the other side safely.

Akkurat sånn var det, ja. Og så går man (bortsett fra på de aller mest trafikkerte gatene) på veien, ikke på fortauet - for fortauene er som regel i altfor dårlig stand, eller blokkert av biler eller gjenstander...