However they teach the Green Cross Code to Antipodean children, it is obviously a very effective method. Australians and New Zealanders will not cross without a green man, even when they can see that there is nothing coming for miles. I feel like some reckless maverick crossing the road on the red man. In Auckland we even saw people waiting for the green man when the road they wanted to cross was all coned off and shut to traffic.
Hong Kong is another place to find obedient pedestrians. It’s how you can spot the mainlander, because they all cross on red.
I like it when they see you start to cross and then they all follow you. I feel like the Pied Piper.