How stuff works: Vancouver

I’ve just moved to Vancouver from Australia.  Before coming here I read guidebooks but there is always a bunch of stuff that you notice when you first move to a place that you would never read in books.  I’m not sure if these things are particular to Vancouver, Canada or North America, either way they are just weird.

• Car Rear indicator lights are red as opposed to amber in the all the countries I’ve been to
• The front brake lever on a bike is on the left and the rear break is on the right.
• Some traffic lights flash when green, I still don’t know why this is.
• There are no drivers on the skytrains. They must be operated by computer or remotely.
• You have to pay for incoming calls on mobile phones.
• Canadians dont know how to use round-abouts, most people stop in the middle of them.
• Light switches go down for off and up for on.
• The big liquor stores don’t sell cold beer.