• ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 hours ago

    Depends on where you’re at to some degree I suppose (especially because if there are no designated crosswalks then there is no “jaywalking” as the latter action is predicated on the former condition), though “being where the cars go vroom” is still more likely to get you hit by one than “not being where the cars go vroom” no matter what the area is zoned for.

    Yet still, my point is “the right of way” isn’t some magic forcefield that prevents injury or death, but simply means that if you do get injured or dead someone will be charged with involuntary manslaughter about it and likely have to pay your family money. And again I’d say “cool but I’d rather be alive,” so for me the true advice isn’t “don’t worry the state will make sure your surviving family members get a little cash,” it’s “try not to get dead in the first place if you can avoid it.”