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@aggi
I visit the US, and particularly New York, about half a dozen times a year.
In Manhattan they have the green man (well white) to cross at the same time as it's green for cars to turn into those streets. I find it very unpleasant with cars trying to edge in, bikes sailing through, etc. I can't help but feel that if it was brought in over here you'd get a load of cyclists taking the piss and attempting, in the same way, to edge through pedestrian crossings.
On a related note, I got called a wanker by a tourist for cycling through a junction like that which made me chuckle as it's not an american insult.