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0 pointsfrosted-flakes3y ago0 comments

Sidewalks don't mean you're not allowed to walk on the street. Streets are for everyone, including cyclists and pedestrians.

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shepherdjerred3y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking#United_States

giraffe_lady3y ago

Could link to a lot of american perversions if you wanted to but that's a very narrow "we."

shepherdjerred3y ago

There are plenty of other countries on that page with similar laws.

> In Zimbabwe, jaywalking is illegal, as per the traffic laws gazetted in 2013 by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development.

> In recent years, jaywalking has become more strictly controlled in China as car traffic increased. Police have tested facial recognition to identify jaywalkers.

Italy:

> Pedestrians are allowed to cross a street without any recognised crossing point only if there are no zebra crossings within a range of 100 m

philwelch3y ago

TFA is published by the US Department of Transportation.

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shepherdjerred3y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking#United_States

giraffe_lady3y ago

Could link to a lot of american perversions if you wanted to but that's a very narrow "we."

shepherdjerred3y ago

There are plenty of other countries on that page with similar laws.

> In Zimbabwe, jaywalking is illegal, as per the traffic laws gazetted in 2013 by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Development.

> In recent years, jaywalking has become more strictly controlled in China as car traffic increased. Police have tested facial recognition to identify jaywalkers.

Italy:

> Pedestrians are allowed to cross a street without any recognised crossing point only if there are no zebra crossings within a range of 100 m

philwelch3y ago

TFA is published by the US Department of Transportation.

1 more reply

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