Comments on: Jaywalking in Arizona http://azbikelaw.org/blog/jaywalking-in-arizona/ Cycling, traffic safety and legal topics; energy, transit and transportion economics Mon, 21 May 2012 20:01:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: JCH http://azbikelaw.org/blog/jaywalking-in-arizona/comment-page-1/#comment-15381 JCH Fri, 11 May 2012 13:45:21 +0000 http://azbikelaw.org/blog/?p=731#comment-15381 "jaywalking" in and of itself is a pro-car, anti-ped term. It has no legal definition and is used as a catch-all for any "illegal" ped action. Never mind that many of those offenses aren't actually illegal (or unsafe). We would never consider using a term like "jaydriving" which would be the equivalent. It should be banished from our vocabulary. Originally it referred to country bumpkins that walked the sidewalks, creating an obstacle to other pedestrians as the offending rube gawked a the big city sights. Later it came to be used in its current vernacular upon the ascendancy of the automobile as king of the public space. “jaywalking” in and of itself is a pro-car, anti-ped term. It has no legal definition and is used as a catch-all for any “illegal” ped action. Never mind that many of those offenses aren’t actually illegal (or unsafe). We would never consider using a term like “jaydriving” which would be the equivalent. It should be banished from our vocabulary.

Originally it referred to country bumpkins that walked the sidewalks, creating an obstacle to other pedestrians as the offending rube gawked a the big city sights. Later it came to be used in its current vernacular upon the ascendancy of the automobile as king of the public space.

]]> By: azbikelaw http://azbikelaw.org/blog/jaywalking-in-arizona/comment-page-1/#comment-15205 azbikelaw Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:40:53 +0000 http://azbikelaw.org/blog/?p=731#comment-15205 The Invention of Jaywalking http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/04/invention-jaywalking/1837/ The Invention of Jaywalking

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/04/invention-jaywalking/1837/

]]> By: Derek Beecher http://azbikelaw.org/blog/jaywalking-in-arizona/comment-page-1/#comment-10538 Derek Beecher Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:38:44 +0000 http://azbikelaw.org/blog/?p=731#comment-10538 Yeah, it's just a bunch of crap until someone seriously get hurt or even killed. But there are laws for a reason. You might disagree but because you do doesn't give you the right to disregard it as either right or wrong. Yeah, it’s just a bunch of crap until someone seriously get hurt or even killed. But there are laws for a reason. You might disagree but because you do doesn’t give you the right to disregard it as either right or wrong.

]]> By: John Mason http://azbikelaw.org/blog/jaywalking-in-arizona/comment-page-1/#comment-8365 John Mason Sat, 28 May 2011 23:39:15 +0000 http://azbikelaw.org/blog/?p=731#comment-8365 This is indeed a bunch of crap. There is another neighborhood literally right across the street from my house and there isn't the crosslights anywhere nearby. I'd have to walk all the way down by the intersection to cross. This is indeed a bunch of crap. There is another neighborhood literally right across the street from my house and there isn’t the crosslights anywhere nearby. I’d have to walk all the way down by the intersection to cross.

]]> By: Pied Piper http://azbikelaw.org/blog/jaywalking-in-arizona/comment-page-1/#comment-6998 Pied Piper Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:28:15 +0000 http://azbikelaw.org/blog/?p=731#comment-6998 This is a bunch of crap. This government doesn't have nothing better to do then sit on thier behinds and make stupid laws. This is a bunch of crap. This government doesn’t have nothing better to do then sit on thier behinds and make stupid laws.

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