there is the letter and the spirit of the law. I think the spirit of the law is what is usually important, and in the case when there is no car in sight and no one is walking across the street, that's what i was referring to.
regardless, it's an example that I saw and thought represented the general mindset, and reflected what I saw and heard from Germans themselves about the state of the startup ecosystem.
I don't find it particularly surprising: You tell your kids to only cross the street when the light turns green (or at zebra crossings), and it becomes habit even for adults.
Of course jaywalking does happen (at least here in Frankfurt, and I'd guess it's the same for Berlin), but it's discouraged (Think of the Children[tm] [1]), and personally I see no harm in waiting the additional minute if I'm not in a hurry.
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there is the letter and the spirit of the law. I think the spirit of the law is what is usually important, and in the case when there is no car in sight and no one is walking across the street, that's what i was referring to.
regardless, it's an example that I saw and thought represented the general mindset, and reflected what I saw and heard from Germans themselves about the state of the startup ecosystem.
I don't find it particularly surprising: You tell your kids to only cross the street when the light turns green (or at zebra crossings), and it becomes habit even for adults.
Of course jaywalking does happen (at least here in Frankfurt, and I'd guess it's the same for Berlin), but it's discouraged (Think of the Children[tm] [1]), and personally I see no harm in waiting the additional minute if I'm not in a hurry.
[1] http://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtverwaltung/Kreisverwaltu...