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Originally Posted by Flames89
Calgary's hatred of jaywalking always confounds me.
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The problem here is people do it wrong. Myself included. Yesterday I caught myself jaywalking and a car had to stop for me. Growing up in Winnipeg we learned that if you are jaywalking the following "rules" apply.
- Jaywalker must assume that no vehicle is going to stop, slow down, or even ease up on the throttle.
- Vehicles must never stop, slow down, or ease up on the throttle.
Here in Calgary the opposite is true, pedestrians give no regard to vehicles; as they know/assume they will stop for them. A good jaywalker is like playing Frogger- he must judge the vehicles' speed and adjust the crossing accordingly. Just like in the game, the vehicle speed should not change.