Yep, you walk when the man with the hat is red and you are committing a serious cultural taboo. Even in Berlin. It's true.
Even when the street is completely empty, people wait.
apparently it's a massive thing because kids observing adults jaywalking will do it themselves and get hurt/killed. this guy i met in berlin said his friend jaywalked there without observing this cultural taboo and was shouted at by an old lady down the street screaming "CHILD MURDERER!"
Yep, you walk when the man with the hat is red and you are committing a serious cultural taboo. Even in Berlin. It's true.
Even when the street is completely empty, people wait.