[felixfeliccis]

Ok so what is jaywalking then

[violet-snail-sfw]

It's crossing a street somewhere that there isn't a designated crosswalk (pictured below in case knowledge of what a crosswalk is isn't universal)

[felixfeliccis]

Oh I did not know that's what it was called! How fascinating!

[felixfeliccis]

What do you mean a crime

[violet-snail-sfw]

Yeah it's technically a crime in the US but as far as I know it's basically never enforced

Nah they enforce it. I know someone who got a $30-ish fine for jaywalking.

[hrair-metal]

Jaywalking became a crime when the automobile lobby started more aggressively taking over the street to prioritize cars over pedestrians and public transit.

Obligatory @amtrak-official

[amtrak-official]

That is true, the banning ofJaywalking was literally lobbied for by the car companies to make cars have to stop less on city streets

The forgotten history of how automakers invented the crime of "jaywalking"

In the 1920s, auto groups redefined who owned the city streets.

Vox