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The car lobby already created "jaywalking" https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history . L
by maxxxxx 8y ago
The car lobby already created "jaywalking" https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history . Let's hope we don't end up with an even more pedestrian hostile world than what we have already.
- strathmeyer 8y agoPart of living in a city is going to have to be to learn to not walk in front of vehicles.
- orf 8y agoI manage just fine in Europe and cross wherever is convenient, just like everyone else (except the Germans!). The concept of jaywalking is pretty alien to most of the world.
- spindle 8y agoDitto in Australia.
- dixie_land 8y agoHaving lived in NYC briefly I learned the exact opposite. Also I was taught to hold up a particular finger while crossing a redlight as a courtesy to the drivers.
- y2bd 8y agoI visited NYC two months ago for the first time—as someone who doesn’t drive it was incredible how pedestrian-driven the streets were. Cars would stop for me even when it was clearly their light.
- chatmasta 8y agoDid you expect them to run you over instead?
- SamReidHughes 8y agoThat's what they'd do in suburban Philly.
- happytoexplain 8y agoThis is the polar opposite of my experience in NYC.
- charlesism 8y agoThat's poor consolation when a car mows down your dog... or toddler.
- charlesism 8y ago> Let's hope we don't end up with an even more > pedestrian hostile world than what we have already. Unless there's a cultural sea change, you can bet on it worsening. If you take presentism out of the equation, what we have now - ie: most roads off limits to humans due to giant metal death machines - is insane. https://youtu.be/8Q5Nur642BU https://youtu.be/8Q5Nur642BU