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The new law permits pedestrians to cross a roadway at any point, including outside of a crosswalk. It also allows for crossing against traffic signals and specifically states that doing so is no longer a violation of the city’s administrative code. But the new law also warns that pedestrians crossing outside of a crosswalk do not have the right of way and that they should yield to other traffic that has the right of way.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In Denmark it's illegal to cross the road 10-20m (or something like that, forgot the exact number) from a croasswalk. Outside that zone you can cross as much as you want. We are though seeing fences pop up on higher traffic roads to discourage crossing, but mostly on ring roads in bigger cities, not in the cities themselves.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

There's no exact number. The law (færdselsloven §10.5) says "nearby".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

similar in Austria, if there's a crosswalk within 25 meters, you have to use it although even that law has an exemption "this doesn't apply if traffic allows it without doubt and vehicle traffic isn't impaired"

Hint: most trams in Vienna are 35 meters long, so you can cross at the other end of a tram stop if there's a crosswalk only on one end.