minus-squarerandint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyztoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that the term "Jaywalking" was invented in the 1920s by the auto industry to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrianslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoI think you might be misunderstanding. The word jay was first used on drivers driving wrong, but then the usage expanded to pedestrians too to describe people walking wrong. linkfedilink
I think you might be misunderstanding. The word jay was first used on drivers driving wrong, but then the usage expanded to pedestrians too to describe people walking wrong.