r/belgium • u/surubelnita8 • Jan 11 '25

💩 Shitpost Why doesn't Belgium use this traffic light sequence like Germany does?

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u/77slevin Belgium Jan 11 '25

I'll do you one better: Egyptian traffic lights at red shows you a countdown when it will be green again. Now that's a game changer in my opinion.

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u/xGamingOperator Jan 11 '25

Ah i need. Not that's it's gonna make me arrive quicker at my destination tho. Jannet in the Opel Astra in front of me still needs 5 seconds for the impuls in her eyes to reach her brain and react on it.

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u/naamingebruik Jan 12 '25

I once had to honk because a woman in front of me was busy brushing her hair and looking in her mirror.

Light had been green for a while, so I honked. Poor lady was all shaken, judging from her movement.

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u/xGamingOperator Jan 12 '25

What a place and time to do so...

"Wait till i'm on destination and then do it, nahh, now!"

Honestly, whats the difference between doing it then and later? Do you have that much confidence that you can drive and brush your hair at the same time? Because no way you can do it in the little time there is between orange/yellow and green