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@stuart @james @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars @green my overwhelming hunch is that those fines have nothing to do with pedestrian safety and everything to do with getting the intersection clear so drivers aren’t inconvenienced for a split second.

@stuart @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars @green (we try not to use the term here anymore)

@stuart @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars @green “As University of Virginia historian Peter Norton explains in his book *Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City*, the notion of “jaywalking” — “jay” being an early 20th century term for someone stupid or unsophisticated — was introduced by a group of auto industry-aligned groups in the 1930s.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-16/jaywalking-laws-don-t-make-streets-safer

@stuart @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars @green The term ‘jaywalking’ was invented by the automobile lobby, as was the idea that it’s illegal. In most cases, crossing outside a marked crossing or against a light is technically legal and always has been. But it could still get you killed.

Regardless, no kid should be required to use their own judgment to decide when to dart across a road.