This particular illegal/discouraged crossing was apparently enough well-known to local road authorities that they'd put up a street sign, discouraging crossing.

This particular illegal/discouraged crossing was apparently enough well-known to local road authorities that they'd put up a street sign, discouraging crossing. (Yet also: median areas were paved so as to suggest walking there.) A giant like Google may have enough sufficient-resolution geolocation data to know non-crosswalks where many walkers tend to cross. (How did the tech giant know the chicken crossed the road? The chicken's phone logged their approximate location every few seconds.)