Residing in Peru, and especially in the country's capital of Lima, one adapts to how things work or in some cases do not work. Several months ago there was a big announcement that the government would begin cracking down on pedestrians for a variety of offenses with the hopes that this would help make the streets safer and improve traffic flow.
Withing the first couple of days 10,000 some fines were give out throughout the country, with the majority handed out in Lima. However, as one can imagine, after the first couple of weeks there has been nary a mention of this new law and a simple observation of pedestrian behavior in the streets of Lima will show that the law has not had its desired affect on changing people's habits as is evidenced by a recent follow up study.
For us Peruvian veterans this does not come as all as a surprise as most times people in the country seem to believe that the law only applies when the authorities are present. Until there is a dramatic change in people's morales and values do not expect to see pedestrians waiting for the light to change to cross or using the pedestrian bridges to cross the expressway. Long live el vivo!
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