"I can simply ignore any traffic laws I want, so long as I can afford to pay $5,500 for my privilege" is a shining example of where the decriminalization of driving has brought us. It has now been made criminal to be hit by a car, with any action done behind the wheel amounting to nothing more than a fine. This has all been achieved by corporate lobbying from auto manufacturers who didn't want people to be scared of consequences from driving their automobiles.

https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history

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The forgotten history of how automakers invented the crime of “jaywalking”

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@ned In Toronto, jaywalking is not automatically illegal, but it is telling how many people assume that it is illegal, all the time. Car culture rules. 😠

@Jgmeadows @ned

Its not?

@JackMcGraw @ned If it does not interfere with traffic, no it isn’t.