Crazy pedestrians, traffic regulation in France and maybe the deal of the year

I haven't written about the pedestrian behaviour here in Paris yet but it is quite an interesting thing. I haven't read the corresponding articles of the French law and I don't know how it should be...but...in my opinion the traffic lights have a different meaning here. I wouldn't write a word about it if some people would cross the street while the traffic light for pedestrians is red but it's mind blowing that people generally cross the street if the light shows red and no vehicle is coming. But they do so even if a vehicle is coming, they simply make haste to cross the street. If the cars stop at the traffic light the pedestrians already start to cross the street en masse while the lights are still red. People even cross multiple lane streets if no car is coming, while in the case of one lane one way streets it's almost as no traffic lights existed in the first place. They cross the street like this even in the presence of the police. In my opinion the red light for pedestrians here means "cross only at own risk!" It would make sense in case of e.g. one way one lane streets but it would be, no, it IS definitely very unsafe on a big scale like in case of an avenue or boulevard downtown with several lanes (even if it is a one way street).

A legal systematic difference in the traffic regulation is the switch order of the traffic lights for both pedestrians and cars. The traffic light for pedestrians changes instantly to red without any blinking of the green light like in Hungary. The car's traffic lights change from red to green without a colighting of red and yellow so the police could fine someone only if he/she hits the gas while the light is red unlike in Switzerland where the police (which is investing a vast fortune to be able to fine as many as possible who break even one traffic rule) fine people whose car starts moving (I hope forwards) during the colighting of red and yellow.

Back to my everyday agenda. On Tuesday I went to make an appointment with a bank officer for next Monday so that I can open a French bank account. I need a French bank account to be able to get cheaper telecommunication services like some decent cellular data. As I wrote earlier, I have bought a SIM card for €5 and a refill card for €10 at a small shop. I used €5 for 400 MB but maybe I should have used €10 for 1GB. A friend got 50 gigs of cellular data for about €3 but he has a French bank account and that deal was some kind of promotional deal.
 In Hungary I bought a refill for approximately €9,50's worth of Hungarian forints and a SIM card for €1,60. I can use approximately 4,90€ for 500MB and approximately 6,90€ for 1GB. Before that I paid approximately €10 for 200 MB and approximately 85 minutes/SMS a month.

In Switzerland I got an offer of unlimited cellular data for 2 Swiss francs (approximately €1,95) a day.

The bottom line: Buying refill cards is much more expensive in France. Since the Wi-Fi at home is...let's call it dissatisfactory I have some incentives to use cellular data more often.

By the way, I can get a partial refund of my rent from the state if I have a French bank account, too. This way the French bank account is financially even more than worth it.