episode 2 - street lights
Did you know that people in Poland have to wait on the red street lights even if no car rides on the street? Imagine this, night, smallest town ever, no cars, cold, rain, you and the road. And the street lights. Red light actually. You have to wait because in other case you risk mandate from a policeman if he appears by accident. You can be sure you will get the mandate in point of fact. As far as I know this is not the case in United Kingdom or France.
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episode 2 - street traffic lights
Did you know that people in Poland have to wait on for the red street traffic lights to change even if no car rides is in sight on the street/road? Imagine this, night-time, smallest the tiniest town/village ever, no cars, cold, rain, you and the road - and the street/traffic lights. Red light actually. You have to wait because in other case you risk mandate being issued a ticket/citation/on the spot fine from by a policeman if he one should happen to appears by accident. You can be sure you will get the mandate ticket in point of fact. As far as I know this is not the case in the United Kingdom or France.
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episode 2 - street lights
Did you know that people in Poland have to wait on at the red street lights even if there are no cars on the road no car rides on the street? Imagine this: night, smallest town ever, no cars, cold, rain, you and the road. And the street lights. A red light actually. You have to wait because in other case you risk mandate getting a ticket from a policeman if he appears by accident. In fact, you can be sure that you will get the mandate a ticket in point of fact. As far as I know, this is not the case in United Kingdom or France.
Hi! I hope these corrections are helpful. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Amy
http://www.italki.com/englishteacheramy
(p.s. This is the same in the United States!)
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Oh, I didn't know I was unclear ;) It can be because in polish language nobody would say 'people' [ludzie] (as I said in first note) about cars. I always meant pedestrians. Thanks for this info, I'll try to remember that there are people in cars too ;)
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It's unclear in your post whether you are talking about motorists or pedestrians. The photo and your later comment make it clearer that you are talking about pedestrian crossings rather than traffic lights for vehicles.
Adrian is right that you must always stop at red lights if you are driving a car (and technically a bike too).
However, jaywalking is not a crime in the UK and it is OK to walk across a pedestrian crossing, even when the green man is not showing.
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That's interesting because our polish organisations who are fighting for pedestrians rights (and better cities) often claim that you don't have to wait (if nothing in sight) in the west Europe. There is even man named Stefan Tompson who stared a petition to remove this invalid law. Stefan moved to Warsaw from London and got a ticket for crossing a street on the red light ;)
Maybe you want to sign this petition? ;)
https://secure.avaaz.org/pl/petition/Sejm_RP_Zadamy_depenalizacji_przechodzenia_przez_ulice_na_czerwonym_swietle/?nRjpWhb
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