• AzuranAurora@piefed.ca
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    2 days ago

    I “jaywalk” all the time, and so do many others in my town. Thankfully I live in a country where such nonsense does not exist.

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      2 days ago

      In my country the law is that if there is a crosswalk within a certain distance, 25 meters if I recall, you have to use the crosswalk. Otherwise you are allowed to cross elsewhere after making sure the road is free.

      (How do you know how long 25 meters is? Most trams in my city are 35 meters long, so if an entire tram platform is between the nearest crosswalk and you, it’s legal there.)

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      Thankfully I live in a country where jaywalking is both illegal and law is enforced. Thank God drivers don’t have to deal with the pedestrian BS.

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        2 days ago

        I’m sorry that pedestrians existing hurts your fragile fee-fees. You don’t own the roads here, carbrain.

        As the operator of a multi-ton hunk of steel travelling at high speeds, it is your responsibility to watch your surroundings and look for people crossing the road. If that upsets you so much, don’t drive.

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          My responsibility is to respect the traffic rules. Responsibility of pedestrians is also to respect the traffic rules. I don’t want some retard to walk straight under the car, die, and paralyze the traffic. Nobody wants this. Nobody likes jaywalkers. Not me, not police, not the insurance companies, not people who need to scrape the splatter from the street at the cost of taxpayer money.

          Use the fucking crosswalk retard.

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            2 days ago

            You seem unaware that accidents like that are lower in countries that don’t have jaywalking laws. It’s as simple as keeping speed limits in areas where people would do that low enough and also not have cars parked along every fucking street so both the drivers and pedestrians can see.
            You’re clearly incredibly brainwashed in only being able to see how it works where you live, and you’re unable to see even the improvements that could be done there without rebuilding everything.
            It’s real sad seeing that level of ignorance and idiocy without any self reflection.

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              You seem unaware that accidents like that are lower in countries that don’t have jaywalking laws.

              Source or it didn’t happen.

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            2 days ago

            Nice job devolving into calling me a slur, that’ll show me for disagreeing with you! Not. Next time, be a better person, 'kay?

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              1 day ago

              Next time, be a better person, 'kay?

              Next time be a better person, follow the law and use the crosswalk.

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                1 day ago

                There’s no laws against not using the crosswalk, as I have previously established. Jaywalking is not a crime in Canada, nor the province I live in. I, and many others in my city cross the road anywhere it’s convenient and drivers are well aware and used to it. Nobody gets hurt as long as you pay attention to and yield to oncoming traffic.