Oxford Circus re-design

The issue with people crossing when the man is red is annoying but so is everything. I wonder if in the uk we have a longer red man lag between no traffic going and no pedestrians walking. It seems that some countries have a lot quicker swap over so people know red man means no because the traffic is about to go. This may however be me looking at crossings and traffic systems I am not familiar with and thinking the traffic lights change quicker abroad

In Copenhagen the ped signals have a digital readout that counts down the green man so you know exactly when the cars are going to pull away. They also count down the time to the next green man so you know how long you have to wait.