‘I’m walking here!’: jaywalking legalized in New York City
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New law, letting people cross street outside of crosswalk, ends racial disparities in enforcement, council member says

The new law permits pedestrians to cross a roadway at any point, including outside of a crosswalk. It also allows for crossing against traffic signals and specifically states that doing so is no longer a violation of the city’s administrative code. But the new law also warns that pedestrians crossing outside of a crosswalk do not have the right of way and that they should yield to other traffic that has the right of way.

    • @[email protected]English
      29•6 months ago

      Step 2. bring cars to the market before proper regulations were a thing
      Step 3. aggressively lobby and market that it’s the walkers fault for getting driven over
      Step 4. actually win over public opinion somehow

      • Tlaloc_TemporalEnglish
        1•6 months ago

        Racism. The Jays in jaywalking where probably immigrants with weird hats.

    • @[email protected]English
      11•6 months ago

      There are plenty of places you’re not allowed to walk for your own safety and the safety of others. It’s not a crazy concept, although I do think that jaywalking should be legal

      • @[email protected]English
        4•6 months ago

        Airports are so annoyingly difficult to walk around.

        I prefer walking straight through, personally.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•6 months ago

        “Right to Travel” == right to walk on and across an interstate freeway where 5000 lb death missiles are hurtling past me at 90 mi/hr.