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.
How does one “legalize” walking? Jaywalking is an absurd concept to begin with.
Step 2. bring cars to the market before proper regulations were a thing
Step 3. aggressively lobby and market that it’s the walkers fault for getting driven over
Step 4. actually win over public opinion somehow
Racism. The Jays in jaywalking where probably immigrants with weird hats.
Like halitosis, that term was coined in ads. Ads funded by car manufacturers