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If the road is empty how can there be cars that need to defer to them?
by ummonk 6y ago
If the road is empty how can there be cars that need to defer to them?
- chrisseaton 6y agoRoads aren’t always empty. I’m not sure what kind of question this is? But even they are empty, jaywalking is still a crime. Why?
- ghaff 6y agoBecause it improves safety. By way of context as to the vigorous enforcement of this law, NYC gave out 300 jaywalking tickets last year. That is not a lot. In fact that's only about 2x the number of pedestrian deaths in NYC last year. And this is a city where everyone pedestrian or driver will take every inch they can. Any driver who hesitates is going to find an entire group waiting for a light taking the opportunity to just start crossing.
- chrisseaton 6y ago> Because it improves safety. Does it? How do you know that? New York (jaywalking laws in effect) has slightly worse road safety than for example London (no jaywalking laws.)
- pasttense01 6y agoJaywalking is against the law whether there are cars in the road or not.