It's also legal to cross a pedestrian crossing on the "red man" in the UK - the lights on the crossing are only advisory to pedestrians.
I live near the German school in West London and have many German friends here. When I cross on the red light, I always get lots of hard stares from the Germans waiting at the crossing. Many don't realize the laws here are different, and it's perfectly legal. Of course if you do get yourself run over, the driver is unlikely to be found at fault.
I left a large metal concert in Leipzig at about 3am in a big group, wandered straight across the empty dual carriageway against the red man, and found myself alone on the other side being tutted at by 50 metalheads opposite.
I live about 1km from the Deutsche Schule. I was surprised to find three German bakeries within 5 minutes walk of my house when I moved here...
I live near the German school in West London and have many German friends here. When I cross on the red light, I always get lots of hard stares from the Germans waiting at the crossing. Many don't realize the laws here are different, and it's perfectly legal. Of course if you do get yourself run over, the driver is unlikely to be found at fault.