US: If you are run over by a car in the road they ask the driver why 
they hit you.
Germany: If you are run over by a car in the road they ask why were you 
in the road.

-Adam

PS - above is unsubstantiated rumor.  Your comment reminded me of this 
comment by someone who had been to Germany briefly.

Spehro Pefhany wrote:

>
> I think they are self-policing to some degree. Try passing on the right
> to see how polite they are. ;-) I got yelled at in Germany (by some 
> passer-by)
> for jaywalking, which is something we don't even think about doing in
> Toronto (we just watch out for the cab drivers who learned to drive a few
> months earlier in Mogadishu or whatever, the kamikaze bicycle couriers
> and other natural hazards).
>
> Best regards,
>
> Spehro Pefhany

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