News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking”. Parent comment

Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by jackcarter on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @12:47PM (#16160187)
In Chicago, at least, that would be implicitly legal, unless the car actually hits you:

9-60-060 Pedestrian crossing. [...] (b) No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield.

https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/cdot/supp_info/o...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by jopsen on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @03:31PM (#16162170)
Well, if the car doesn't hit you, then clearly there was enough time for the driver to yield :)

So you get get punished if it hits you? Or how does this work...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” by freehunter on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @03:55PM (#16162449)
Yes. If the car hits you because you stepped out in front of it and the car did not have time to stop while going the speed limit with a driver paying attention to the road, the pedestrian is at fault and can be ticketed. If you don't survive the encounter, at the very least the driver doesn't receive a ticket.
[ Parent | on HN ]