Do You Wait For the Traffic Light to Change?

  Hi, it's Sho.
  Today, I am talking about manners of traffic rules.

Do You Obey the Traffic Signals All the Time?

   In the US, I have seen many people ignore the traffic light. This is very common case over the world except for Japan. Japanese never ignore the traffic light even if it is 2 in the morning and nobody's around them. 

When people from outside of Japan see this scene, they may not understand why they don't ignore the traffic signal because it is nearly meaningless to obey the traffic signal without any cars.

Do All Japanese Obey the Traffic Light?

   No. Some Japanese ignore, but most of them tend to obey in general. You see people ignore the signal in Japan less than in any other countries. 

Then, Why Do Japanese obey Strictly?

   There is no car as far as you can see. It means you are safe to intersect the road. But, Japanese won't do that. 

The reason is that Japanese obey any rules. They obey rules regardless it is worth obeyng. This is one of the reasons that they are not flexible. Japanese could obey even though the traffic lights are placed in a remote island.