Law-abiding pedestrians wait for the woman in green to kick the soccer ball before crossing the road, during the European Women's Football Championship in Switzerland.
Authorities in the city of Basel have installed 12 modified traffic lights for pedestrians in places most frequented by football fans, writes AP.
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Some of these traffic lights, in which the figure of a soccer player has replaced the figure of a man in green, are near the soccer stadium and some others near the train station.
"They will stay until the end of the European Championship, maybe even longer," says Nicole Ryf-Stocker, spokeswoman for the Basel transport department.
She indicated that the idea and design were provided by the civil engineering department in St. Gallen, while the lights were manufactured by the same company that manufactures Basel's traffic lights.
"We thought the idea was fantastic and we were allowed to apply it," Ryf-Stocker added.
The final will also take place in Basel, on July 27.