French pedestrians are particularly undisciplined and careless. Despite many awareness campaigns, pedestrian casualties remain at an unprecedented level.

A scientists' French team led a study which demonstrates that the behavior of pedestrians is very different according to countries. French people are among the most undisciplined pedestrians. According to Cedric Sueur, biologist CNRS at the University of Strasbourg and co-author of the study, to cross in the red light would be a question of culture.

As an example, during the study field, 41,9 % of the French people crossed illegally against only 2,1 % of the Japanese.

Source : http://www.lindependant.fr/2017/02/15/traverser-au-feu-rouge-serait-une-question-de-culture,2291362.php