Sentences with phrase «jaywalking laws»

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You might have heard of the secret history of jaywalking — how car companies managed to upend the laws a century ago so that vehicles, not pedestrians, had the right of way on the roads.

Another issue raised by @user4012 in the comments is that (some) people break law if chance of prosecuting is small, like jaywalking or smoking marijuana.

Is this just another sometimes - law we can relegate to the forgotten corners of our otherwise law - abiding minds, right next to jaywalking, or something we should really be worried about?

However, if a pedestrian is jaywalking, doesn't give vehicles the proper amount of time needed to yield, or is otherwise negligently disobeying pedestrian traffic laws, he or she could easily be held partly liable for the accident.