Sentences with phrase «jay walking»

However, most standard traffic court tickets, from speeding to jay walking, are standard procedure and streamlined.

The purpose of the first privilege from arrest is to prevent petty claims of criminal violations (e.g. a speeding ticket or littering or jay walking offense) to manipulate matters of great political importance.

Sometimes pedestrians are charged by police with failing to cross at a cross walk, or jay walking.

(To put this in perspective, imagine a court system that sentenced you to 90 years imprisonment for jay walking — would you call that court merciful?)

Your lawyer doesn't have to alert the authorities if you tell him you're going to jay walk after work or drive without a license.

In reviewing the available accounts, the pedestrian jay walked from a dark area onto a street with 45 mph traffic.

Not exact matches

I'm sure if the punishment for jay - walking (crossing a street outside of the designated crossing area) was stoning that it would cut down on jay - walkers too.

Does that mean we should stone people for jay - walking?

Ticket buying fans who are sad it's not the way they want it are stupid sheep upset the car hit them when they jay - walked across a busy street.

The issue is not whether the safety driver should have reacted, or whether the pedestrian walking her bike should not have jay - walked — though these issues ultimately will determine «fault» — but whether the vehicle's sensors should have detected the pedestrian and bike before they appeared a few feet ahead of the headlamps.

But not only did they push the pedestrians out of the road, invent jay - walking to ensure that they stay out of it, but then they stole the sidewalks.

Nor is jay - walking illegal, so people dash across streets constantly.

The danger in the UK and Japan for North Americans is jay - walking.