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Related: how pedestrians cross streets in Vietnam where the never ending flow of vehicles pays no attention to traffic lights or zebras - http://www.odditycentral.com/travel/the-art-of-crossing-the-...

TL;DW: people just cross slowly but steadily across the neverending moped and car traffic. Insane. And apparently, rather safe.

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I've seen this previously as well, and unfortunately it only seems to make a good story and doesn't seem to be actually measurably true. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-re..., Vietnam has 63 fatalities for 100,000 vehicles compared to the US's 13.

When you consider the numbers across countries, they show that traffic lights do work in reducing fatalities - and the developing world has a huge problem with motor related incidents.

[1] http://www.economist.com/news/international/21595031-rich-co...

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