Does any other country have the same out of control fireworks culture as Germany?

If this is your first Silvester in Germany, oh boy, you're in for a treat. Germany has a very interesting relationship to fireworks. In short, it looks like a war zone.

When I talk with people about it, people usually say that there's just nothing we can do about it. There's no way to stop people behaving like idiots with fireworks every year. The only solution is to ignore it or ban fireworks completely.

But in my understanding, other countries do not have our problem. Parents teach their children that fireworks are dangerous, and children generally do not run around on the streets lighting them in their hands and throwing them at each other and strangers. Lighting fireworks in the street is not as common as here.

Am I wrong? Do people in other countries also celebrate Silvester by lighting fireworks in the streets, even throwing them at each other, or is this a uniquely German "tradition"?

Edit: Thank you for your responses. I'm not sure whether I'm more glad or disappointed to learn that German firework-mania is neither unique, nor the worst.