Pedestrians must cross the road at a designated crossing, otherwise they can be fined. And the cars will just keep coming. I'm used to being able to step out into a street (just an ordinary road in town, not a main highway or something) and have cars stop ... like they do in Canada. But even in our very small town in Australia, as a pedestrian, I had to wait for all the cars to go before I could walk across the street or risk being hit or run over or shouted at.