• Soapbox@lemmy.zip
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    17 days ago

    Just a reminder that “jaywalking” is made up bullshit pushed by car manufacturers to shift the blame for pedestrian deaths onto pedestrians instead of drivers.

    • HexagonSun@sh.itjust.works
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      17 days ago

      I was so confused as a child in the UK when after hearing about “jaywalking” being a crime for years I finally found out it meant “crossing the street”

        • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de
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          14 days ago

          pretty sure the rest of europe works the same, certainly in sweden it’s explicitly legal to cross the road anywhere it’s not explicitly blocked.