not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTIL that the term "Jaywalking" was invented in the 1920s by the auto industry to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrianslemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square91linkfedilinkarrow-up1927arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1914arrow-down1imageTIL that the term "Jaywalking" was invented in the 1920s by the auto industry to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrianslemmy.blahaj.zonenot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square91linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down2·6 days agoOddly most other countries have laws which protect people not industry.
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 days agoCitation needed. I’m not 100% sure about written law, but in Germany we learn to look before crossing the street and using a traffic light if one is near.
minus-squareFlamekebab@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 days agoIf a car hits you, as a pedestrian, are you in the wrong? Edit: It was a genuine question, I wasn’t trying to “gotcha” anyone. I don’t know how the law works there and thought I’d ask.
minus-squareTeaWithDani@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoFrench doesnt even have a word for jaywalking.
Oddly most other countries have laws which protect people not industry.
Citation needed. I’m not 100% sure about written law, but in Germany we learn to look before crossing the street and using a traffic light if one is near.
If a car hits you, as a pedestrian, are you in the wrong?
Edit: It was a genuine question, I wasn’t trying to “gotcha” anyone. I don’t know how the law works there and thought I’d ask.
French doesnt even have a word for jaywalking.