Jaywalking
March 30th 2008 09:31
I was walking in the city today and it really struck me just how many people jaywalk. It's a daily occurrence of course, almost everyone does it.
I'm usually the only one still waiting for the 'walk' sign. I'd probably do it too if I could (only if there are no cars coming) but sadly, I've got the usual paranoia that my peers also have. I'm just too close to getting my practicing certificate to risk the possibility of getting caught jaywalking. When I go to court to be admitted as a legal practitioner, I'd have to tell the judge all my indiscretions. Luckily I don't have any to tell, but telling the judge I was caught jaywalking just months before admission would really not look good. So I wait for the walk sign while mostly everyone else crosses and at least this way I don't have to worry that I will get caught.
Jaywalking is actually a dangerous practice and there are many jaywalking pedestrians who are hit by cars each year. Granted, jaywalking is not high on the crime list but it's easily avoidable and waiting at a pedestrian crossing for the walk sign really does not take much more time than just crossing takes. It's also safer and can save you the ticket for jaywalking if caught.
So join me in waiting for the walk sign and reduce the risk of doing something that saves you only a minimal amount of time and is a dangerous, yet often overlooked practice.
I'm usually the only one still waiting for the 'walk' sign. I'd probably do it too if I could (only if there are no cars coming) but sadly, I've got the usual paranoia that my peers also have. I'm just too close to getting my practicing certificate to risk the possibility of getting caught jaywalking. When I go to court to be admitted as a legal practitioner, I'd have to tell the judge all my indiscretions. Luckily I don't have any to tell, but telling the judge I was caught jaywalking just months before admission would really not look good. So I wait for the walk sign while mostly everyone else crosses and at least this way I don't have to worry that I will get caught.
Jaywalking is actually a dangerous practice and there are many jaywalking pedestrians who are hit by cars each year. Granted, jaywalking is not high on the crime list but it's easily avoidable and waiting at a pedestrian crossing for the walk sign really does not take much more time than just crossing takes. It's also safer and can save you the ticket for jaywalking if caught.
So join me in waiting for the walk sign and reduce the risk of doing something that saves you only a minimal amount of time and is a dangerous, yet often overlooked practice.
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Comment by S.L.
The Political Brief
Good luck with your legal career. I'm sure you'll be very good at it!
Comment by tlcorbin
While traveling in SE Asia, I've had many, many close calls while clearly walking on sidewalks and off of the road proper. The only place I ever felt safe was using the passenger highway over passes, that was until some wanker on a motor bike nearly took my wife and I to an early demise.
The same has happened here in Alaska, driver's aren't used to encountering pedestrians on many rural roads and go space cadet.
None the less, yours is sage advice Justica. Raven
Comment by Justicia
A Word From The Wise
Celebwise
Thank you S.L, it's what I've been working towards so I hope so!
It sounds dangerous in SE Asia Raven, but your comments also remind me of the driving I saw in Greece (and I know it's the same in other European countries). It's an issue of road rules simply not existing, not in the minds of drivers anyway!
Comment by tlcorbin
If you get run over and aren't dead or unconscience, get off the highway; it's cheaper for them to bribe a cop than to hire an attorney, so they'll back up and run over you again to finish you off and then drag what remains into the brush.
Raven