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[-] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

There’s just a general “don’t do absurdly dangerous traffic things” law that regulates that you can’t skateboard on the highway and such. Do people need a law to tell them that they can’t throw themselves into traffic? And does it work?

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 1 points 2 months ago

I mean, it's also illegal to try and kill yourself, or do various other dangerous stuff. So... Maybe?

Plus, it's not so much about the pedestrian safety as it is keeping traffic moving by stopping pedestrians from just walking out in front of cars wherever they please. I'm not sure how that precedent is set, since I assume most other countries also give pedestrians the right of way (in the places they're supposed to cross).

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