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Martini Glambassador's avatar

I'm always infuriated that pedestrians are blamed when cars hit them. Jaywalking as a crime has an interesting history, and one that coincides with the rise of the automobile as a preferred mode of transport in the US. Because (particularly in cities) more pedestrians were being killed by cars, an auto-friendly legislature shifted blame from drivers to walkers.

Read about it here: https://www.treehugger.com/california-where-jaywalking-was-invented-now-legalizes-it-6746501

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Msgr MΩment, Neurodegenerate's avatar

"They were careless people, Bob and Nadine – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."

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