For some months now, TikTok users have jumped onto a trend in which they would stop and bow in front of cars at pedestrian crossings, mimicking the Japanese culture where schoolchildren would do so to signal gratitude and respect.
Though no longer a fresh trend, seeing an earnest schoolgirl do so while flashing a wide smile still drew praises from social media users.
It happened at about 7.20am on Wednesday (April 8) along Mount Vernon Road.
Dashcam footage of the encounter posted on Reddit shows a Bartley Secondary School student looking towards the car and smiling broadly as she walked along the zebra crossing.
At the halfway mark, she is seen stopping, bowing and waving at the car with a wide smile.
