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Originally Posted by cracher
Nothing to base this on, but I think it has all to do with the disproportionately high fine ($600ish) for failing to yield to a pedestrian. Pedestrians behaving poorly get relatively tiny fines.
Getting used to being a Calgary pedestrian is bad for your health whenever you travel. The habit of stepping out on the street first and then half-arse scanning for cars has almost gotten me flattened a number of times in the states.
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even in other Canadian cities
getting used to being a pedestrian in Calgary is very detrimental to your health if you travel at all
a car basically rolled over my toes in Scotland once because I lazily did the Calgarian, step first, look second thing