Peds!

In the Netherlands there's a countdown timer at a lot of crossings, but it's counting down how much time you have left to wait until the pedestrian light goes green. You're less likely to try and cross in a gap between traffic if you can see that's it's about to be your turn. This is basically the opposite of that - and it's a ridiculously hostile way to treat people in a city.

That makes so much more sense! Creating a general culture of everyone taking their turn (instead of every man/woman for themselves) would be better for all of us, but it seems like such a massive shift that it's unlikely happen.