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Originally Posted by FireFly
That is for crossing the road, not walking down the road in a lane.
In addition, if motorists quit stopping for jaywalkers, it would be much more dangerous for them. We have a culture in Canada that the second someone steps into the road regardless of where it is, vehicles should stop. As such, yeah, it's fairly safe for jaywalkers here. Travel to Mexico and take the same attitude; you'll wind up in a hospital.
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It’s not just about crossing the street but the fact that we’ve separated pedestrians and vehicles into different domains because the two modes “cannot” exist in a single, shared domain. Further, it is not even about drivers having to stop for jaywalkers. Due to the common/learned rules in cities where pedestrians and vehicles successfully share the streets (e.g. London, Paris and NYC) drivers don’t have to stop for jaywalkers because jaywalkers know to not put themselves and drivers in that position.