The new law permits pedestrians to cross a roadway at any point, including outside of a crosswalk. It also allows for crossing against traffic signals and specifically states that doing so is no longer a violation of the city’s administrative code. But the new law also warns that pedestrians crossing outside of a crosswalk do not have the right of way and that they should yield to other traffic that has the right of way.
This is how Illinois has been for ages. The legal penalties for hitting a pedestrian are higher to compensate. And if you hit a construction worker you’d best hope you’re rich, because that’s a big-ass $10k fine on top of 10 years.
… it was illegal? No one has received a ticket for jaywalking in nyc.
Are there ever any tickets for any sort of traffic violation of any sort in nyc?
Jaycarring is the new trend
How does one “legalize” walking? Jaywalking is an absurd concept to begin with.
There are plenty of places you’re not allowed to walk for your own safety and the safety of others. It’s not a crazy concept, although I do think that jaywalking should be legal
Step 2. bring cars to the market before proper regulations were a thing
Step 3. aggressively lobby and market that it’s the walkers fault for getting driven over
Step 4. actually win over public opinion somehow
Racism. The Jays in jaywalking where probably immigrants with weird hats.
And this changes: nothing
Council member Mercedes Narcisse, a Brooklyn Democrat who sponsored the legislation, said on Tuesday that the new law ends racial disparities in enforcement, noting that more than 90% of the jaywalking tickets issued last year went to Black and Latino people.
Never heard of Walking While Black? This at least forces police to come up with better excuses.
