‘I’m walking here!’: jaywalking legalized in New York City
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New law, letting people cross street outside of crosswalk, ends racial disparities in enforcement, council member says

The new law permits pedestrians to cross a roadway at any point, including outside of a crosswalk. It also allows for crossing against traffic signals and specifically states that doing so is no longer a violation of the city’s administrative code. But the new law also warns that pedestrians crossing outside of a crosswalk do not have the right of way and that they should yield to other traffic that has the right of way.

    • SatouKazuma@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      23 days ago

      This is great. Maybe I’m crazy, but I’m okay with violence against people who think their convenience takes priority over the safety of others.

    • metaStatic@kbin.earth
      73·
      23 days ago

      the bricks all end up on one side of the cross walk. good idea, no way for it to actually work.

      • RBGEnglish
        27·
        23 days ago

        1. It’s a joke.

        2. Just throw them back after use.

        • metaStatic@kbin.earth
          2·
          23 days ago

          I love it, an elegant solution … now if only we could find an elegant end user to actually implement it.

      • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.ccEnglish
        4·
        23 days ago

        Yet somehow some city think it’s a good idea to use the same exact idea but with a flag when crossing the street.