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Why on earth would you walk a couple of blocks to cross the street? Why on earth would you commend this behaviour? I appreciate that my judgement of this beha
by aardshark 7y ago
Why on earth would you walk a couple of blocks to cross the street?
Why on earth would you commend this behaviour?
I appreciate that my judgement of this behaviour depends on the street, but from my experience of Tokyo, the streets are not particularly wide, or busy.
- beardedwizard 7y agoBecause that is where the crosswalk is.
- dsfyu404ed 7y agoThat's no different than saying "because the law is the law". If it is possible to cross sufficiently safely without walking to the cross walk why walk to the cross walk?
- rayiner 7y agoThe traffic planners put the crosswalks where they are in order to balance convenience for pedestrians with smooth flow of traffic. Jaywalking subverts the deliberate design and overall efficiency b
- Razengan 7y agoNormalization of Deviation. Eventually, everyone would be looking for a chance to cross the road without using a crosswalk = jaywalking, which is exactly what has become the norm in some countries.
- triplesec 7y agoAnd that is not a problem in most countries. Jaywalking as a 'crime' was invented by the car lobby. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26073797 https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26073797
- Razengan 7y agoIn some countries there are no crosswalks at all because everybody jaywalks. In some cities, you put your life on the line every time you cross the road. I am not exaggerating. Do you really want that to become the norm?
- aardshark 7y agoObviously not. But you are presenting a polarized pair of scenarios which I don't agree are the only possible outcomes. I think we can strive for something in the middle, between chaos and robotic like use of crosswalks.