When I was in Beijing, the traffic lights were more of a polite
suggestion.  The thought was, "When two rivers meet, one does not stop for
the other."  Green had a more slightly right-of-way, but Red still came
through slowly.  To cross a street as a pedestrian you had to find a group
of people and then SLOWLY march across as a phalanx behaving like a car.

 >Google must be testing their smart car software in Ethiopia-no need for
stoplights here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj6Oc4TlblE

ed- 91DoKa, stopping when I should