Traffic light poll

[bktheirregular]

[Poll #1200287]

Comments

[chibiaingeal.livejournal.com]

For me it really depends on the width of the street. Anything more than 4 lanes total probably not (and I'd only feel comfortable trying to cross four lanes in that amount of time if I don't have heels on.)

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

Ah yes...Athenian traffic, how I have NOT missed thee...

(PS-- posted your parcel this morning). :)

[twistedchick]

How wide is the street? Two lanes? Four lanes? Eight lanes?

[bktheirregular]

Four lanes, one way. And there's no intermediate "flashing red" or "flashing don't walk" stage either. Green, count to sixteen, red.

[bktheirregular]

No kidding. There's a reason I use the Metro whenever I can. (When were you here last? Because the Metro's gotten halfway decent in the last four years or so...)

[bktheirregular]

Four lanes. Plus drivers who don't always respect the traffic lights, and motorcyclists who routinely drive (not just park) on the sidewalks.

[bktheirregular]

Oh, and thanks! Care to lay a wager as to which side of Athens it winds up on? :)

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

I was there just before the Olympics, so 2004. I remember Syntaugma was still torn up, so I didn't get the chance to see its refurbishment. :( I'm glad the Metro's gotten better! :)

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

::g:: I'll say...Glyfada? ;)

[bktheirregular]

Maybe. Though it might be nice to poke around the waterfront there. Couldn't be worse than getting a business suit caught in the Customs warehouse at the airport. (I swear, the freight terminal there's like the warehouse at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark.)

[thanatos-kalos.livejournal.com]

*laughing* That would explain much...

[chibiaingeal.livejournal.com]

AH...

And until you mentioned the motorcyclists driving on the sidewalks, I was going to say sounds almost like the DC area drivers...

I hear from my brother, who was in Italy for 2 years, that the Italians drive fairly similarly to what you are saying about the Greek drivers.

I guess you've been there often and long enough that you know how be a pedestrian... still

Good luck! :)