One of my biggest complaints about London so far is the walking. Not all the walking that one has to do because I don't have a vehicle, but because there are no rules to walking. In Canada, we drive on the right side of the road, and we walk on the right side of the street. In England, they drive on the left side of the road, and they walk anywhere!. So you must pay attention and dodge people coming towards you from all sides.
Oh, and to make it even more exciting, pedestrians do not have the right-of-way in crosswalks. Crosswalks are mere places of suggestion to cross the street. If a car is there, you must stay out of its way. You get hit, it's your fault.
So thanks to these little tidbits, walking is far more complicated than what I learned in New York: yellow ones don't stop. Bonus points if you can guess the movie that is from.
A typical street to maneuver in London.
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