Jaywalking at its worst
Jay walking n. walking across a street outside of marked cross-walks and not at a corner, and/or against a signal light. If there is vehicle traffic or clear markings of a place to cross, this is a traffic misdemeanor subject to fine, and may be (but not conclusively) contributory negligence in the event of injury to the jay walker by a vehicle.
This happens everyday.
This irks me every single morning on my way to work. Pedestrians ignore the traffic lights and risk life and limb to dodge traffic as they illegally cross the road.
A herd of Jay Walkers
I took these photos with my phone on my way to work this morning. I apologize for the poor quality of photos, but I wanted to show the very real side of everyday life in the “tropics”. This blatant disregard for basic traffic laws, is an everyday occurrence. You can clearly see that the light for pedestrian crossing never turned green, but these people crossed anyway. Then we wonder crime is so high in our country? If we cannot get the little things right don’t be surprised when we can get a whole Section 34 wrong!
The worst to me is at that same intersection where taxi drivers make U-turns IN THE INTERSECTION cutting off legitimate traffic from proceeding fwd, what a shame I am not a warden or SRP
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Thing is, I’ve seen Traffic Warderns posted there and they do absolutely nothing about jay walkers. Only when a Police Officer is present do they abide by the law.
Instead of calling them a flock, I use the old English phrase that was used for crows. I call them a murder of jaywalkers. I agree they are annoying, also it seems to be a worldwide phenomena.
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oh that murder of jaywalkers is funny!