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Originally Posted by ken0042
For all of you people who are pro-jaywalkers, let me ask you this: Is it unheard of for a pedestrian to be killed in Calgary? Granted many of those fatalities are the fault of drivers. But walking home today I saw at least two people jaywalking that caused a car to have to react; ie slam on their brakes.
If there was no risk of getting a ticket, then people would jaywalk all the time, and people would die. Oh no. Not you and me, but other people. (of course)
Don't get me wrong, I jaywalk a bit. But I've also never received a ticket for it either; because I don't jaywalk in front of police officers. And to me the bottom line is that if you did not notice the police officer there, then you were not paying close enough attention to your surroundings to say that you were jaywalking safely.
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I watched a mother and father jaywaylk across 7th Ave at lunch time this morning whilst holding the hands of their two young children... right in front of the damn C-train pulling out from the station in front of the Crack Mac's. It was stupid and you could totally see what was coming. Luckily no one was injured but that would have been an ideal time to issue some jaywalking tickets right there.