Surely there’s some sort of “you can’t just jump out in the middle of traffic” law though? That’s basically what our jaywalking laws “do” (in the limited cases where they’re enforced).
There are of course the exceptions where someone gets a bit power trippy.
There’s just a general “don’t do absurdly dangerous traffic things” law that regulates that you can’t skateboard on the highway and such. Do people need a law to tell them that they can’t throw themselves into traffic? And does it work?
I mean, it’s also illegal to try and kill yourself, or do various other dangerous stuff. So… Maybe?
Plus, it’s not so much about the pedestrian safety as it is keeping traffic moving by stopping pedestrians from just walking out in front of cars wherever they please. I’m not sure how that precedent is set, since I assume most other countries also give pedestrians the right of way (in the places they’re supposed to cross).
Surely there’s some sort of “you can’t just jump out in the middle of traffic” law though? That’s basically what our jaywalking laws “do” (in the limited cases where they’re enforced).
There are of course the exceptions where someone gets a bit power trippy.
There’s just a general “don’t do absurdly dangerous traffic things” law that regulates that you can’t skateboard on the highway and such. Do people need a law to tell them that they can’t throw themselves into traffic? And does it work?
I mean, it’s also illegal to try and kill yourself, or do various other dangerous stuff. So… Maybe?
Plus, it’s not so much about the pedestrian safety as it is keeping traffic moving by stopping pedestrians from just walking out in front of cars wherever they please. I’m not sure how that precedent is set, since I assume most other countries also give pedestrians the right of way (in the places they’re supposed to cross).