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		umvi on Dec 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Jaywalking decriminalization, 100 years after the ... It takes two to tango. Without the jaywalker there is no safety issue either. So jaywalkers should jaywalk accordingly.

chrisseaton on Dec 22, 2020 [–]

> Without the jaywalker there is no safety issue either.

This isn’t true - a street of just cars will have lethal crashes amongst themselves even with no pedestrians. A street of just pedestrians will never lethally bump into each other. The only lethal thing in the situation is the cars.

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