Mastodawn

Enjoy 75 PACS §3543 and §3544 (part of the #Pennsylvania Vehicle Code). Anywhere other than at a pedestrian crossing, all traffic has right of way over pedestrians crossing the road. There's no right to use the carriageway if there's a footway. And if there's no footway, pedestrians using the carriageway have to give way to everyone else.

https://palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM&ttl=75&div=0&chpt=35

The motorcar lobby pushed hard, name-calling pedestrians using roads "#jaywalking", to get laws like this enacted across the U.S.A..

Other interesting items of the PA Vehicle Code that are unlike the U.K.:

Ambulances have to obey the speed limit and stop at red lights, but funeral vehicles can go through red lights. Pedestrians, depending from city law, can be fined for disobeying their red lights at pedestrian crossings. Right-on-red is allowed. Cyclists are not permitted to pass stopped cars at pedestrian crossings, and must obey speed limits.

#HighwayCode #USLaw

JdeBP Dec 14

The motorcar lobby has really done a number on Americans when it comes to the idea of "jaywalking".

I'm watching A Gift For Christmas (2017). The female protagonist is #cycling furiously and not watching the road ahead and runs over the male protagonist who is using what appears to be a pedestrian crossing in #Philadelphia.

The "#jaywalking is bad" culture is so ingrained that it is presented as perfectly normal that not only do the police allow the careless speeding rider to get off scott free, they even let the rider claim the victim pedestrian's personal effects (including keys) and hand the perpetrator the victim's pet without blinking.

Is #MelissaHill's A Gift To Remember just as steeped in anti-pedestrian thinking?

Reading Title 75 Chapter 35 of the #Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, it appears that this isn't merely a fictional conceit. The law really is this bad.

The cyclist might be liable for a $10 fine (sic!) under §3502.

#USLaw #HighwayCode #ChristmasMovies

Scott Tibbs Oct 16

Obviously jaywalking should be illegal:

http://www.ConservaTibbs.com/p/obviously-jaywalking-should-be-illegal

The goal of traffic laws is to ensure that traffic moves in a safe and orderly manner.

#Jaywalking #ThrowbackThursday #TrafficSafety

Beofux Sep 29

@khgu @okapidd Im Englischen gibt es den tollen Begriff #jaywalking .

benzinazero Sep 28

Le pubbliche relazioni dell'industria dell'auto: come colpevolizzare i pedoni che vengono uccisi dagli automobilisti

https://benzinazero.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/le-pubbliche-relazioni-dellindustria-dellauto-come-colpevolizzare-i-pedoni-che-vengono-uccisi-dagli-automobilisti/ #automobile #jaywalking #pedoni #incidenti #pr #comunicazione

Le pubbliche relazioni dell’industria dell’auto: come colpevolizzare i pedoni che vengono uccisi dagli automobilisti

Immagine dalla Libreria del Congresso degli Stati Uniti Negli anni 20 l’industria dell’auto americana inventò il termine jaywalking. Il jaywalker è il pedone che attraversa la strada in…

Benzina Zero

Benzina Zero Sep 28

Le pubbliche relazioni dell'industria dell'auto: come colpevolizzare i pedoni che vengono uccisi dagli automobilisti

Le pubbliche relazioni dell’industria dell’auto: come colpevolizzare i pedoni che vengono uccisi dagli automobilisti

Immagine dalla Libreria del Congresso degli Stati Uniti Negli anni 20 l’industria dell’auto americana inventò il termine jaywalking. Il jaywalker è il pedone che attraversa la strada in…

Benzina Zero

Wittgenstein's Monster Sep 1, 2025

🚇 On this day in 1897, the first subway in North America opened in Boston.

125+ years later and U.S. public transit has barely taken a single mile forward.
Still underfunded. Still car-brained. Still treating walkers like trespassers.

Speaking of...
Here’s a piece on how jaywalking was invented to criminalize walking:
🔗 https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history

#OnThisDay #Transit #UrbanPlanning #Jaywalking #PublicTransport #Boston

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Kevin Karhan

Aug 28, 2025

@ireneista any decent juristiction doesn't acknowledge the term #Jaywalking - period!

Kevin Karhan

Aug 22, 2025

@speckmantel @tagesschau In #Florida gibt's ja auch #CarBrain-Gesetze zu z.B. "#Jaywalking"…

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cyclyon 🚲 #POCG Aug 21, 2025

@e_niort

"L'aventure" c'est de ne proposer, pour les personnes ne pouvant se déplacer en voiture, qu'un maillage de transports en commun, certes gratuit, mais surtout très limité dans cette agglo.

La D611 est un axe mortifère où la violence motorisée est reine, où se déplacer autrement qu'en voiture semble inenvisageable vu les aménagements et les comportements pratiqués.

Allez faire un tour du rond-point de Chaban, à pied ou à vélo. C'est la guillotine à chaque sortie.

#JayWalking #BanCars