I guess this is not a main street of the town and no one thought putting a signal was important!
In India, traffic and pretty much everything else runs by personal exchange rather than abstract rules, it is not abnormal to not have a traffic light.
Actually, in Mumbai, pedestrians don't use the traffic light even if there is one. They prefer relying on their own judgement.
I noticed in many countries, traffic lights signify "priority" rather than "legal right." If there is no one else, you should be able to trust your own judgment. This isn't the case for US or Japan however.
In Brazil, it's legal to run red lights at night because crime is such an issue at intersections.
The most recent mostly traffic-light-less city I visited was Asuncion, Paraguay which is far from a a megalopole (1.5mil?). Unlike the India video, most streets were very narrow so you didn't have massive flows of traffic intersecting.
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I guess this is not a main street of the town and no one thought putting a signal was important!
In India, traffic and pretty much everything else runs by personal exchange rather than abstract rules, it is not abnormal to not have a traffic light.
Actually, in Mumbai, pedestrians don't use the traffic light even if there is one. They prefer relying on their own judgement.
I noticed in many countries, traffic lights signify "priority" rather than "legal right." If there is no one else, you should be able to trust your own judgment. This isn't the case for US or Japan however.
In Brazil, it's legal to run red lights at night because crime is such an issue at intersections.
The most recent mostly traffic-light-less city I visited was Asuncion, Paraguay which is far from a a megalopole (1.5mil?). Unlike the India video, most streets were very narrow so you didn't have massive flows of traffic intersecting.
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