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0 pointsSchiendelman1y ago0 comments

In the United States, having laws like that results in discriminatory policing (see many threads here). Probably less than an issue in a country that doesn't have such issues with race.

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lysace1y ago

> It's technically illegal to jaywalk but not punishable unless you manage to cause a traffic accident, somehow. I like these pragmatic laws.

Has this been tested?

SchiendelmanOP1y ago

You may be responding to the wrong comment.

lysace1y ago

No, I did not. I quoted a part of my own post to make it very clear exactly what I was talking about, but apparently that backfired.

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0 pointsSchiendelman1y ago0 comments

In the United States, having laws like that results in discriminatory policing (see many threads here). Probably less than an issue in a country that doesn't have such issues with race.

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lysace1y ago

> It's technically illegal to jaywalk but not punishable unless you manage to cause a traffic accident, somehow. I like these pragmatic laws.

Has this been tested?

SchiendelmanOP1y ago

You may be responding to the wrong comment.

lysace1y ago

No, I did not. I quoted a part of my own post to make it very clear exactly what I was talking about, but apparently that backfired.

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