Well, yeah, it’s kinda the same thing here, just that the legal consequences are different. If, heaven forbid, you killed someone who jaywalked and you weren’t negligent at all, you’d risk vehicular manslaughter instead of homicide at the least?

It’s a shame that too many in both groups lack respect for each other. Car drivers should realize that they’re sitting in a very comfortable weapon, compared to the unprotected person out in crappy weather, so the driver shall be alert and considerate… and pedestrians shouldn’t take suicidal chances just to save a couple seconds.

E-scooters are considered bikes in the traffic laws here, and bikes need to yield to cars in crosswalks. But it’s not often that scooter drivers yield to cars, but most car drivers still stop for them regardless.

Pedestrians don’t always have the right of way, but the majority of drivers don’t want to kill pedestrians, and so most will still yield… Isn’t that why jaywalking is a crime in the US?

Sweden law says that cars are required to stop for people at the zebra crossings (övergångsställe), but at passageways without zebra (gångpassage example) it’s the pedestrians who shall yield to cars. Basically, a passageway is to be considered as a part of the roadway (you’re not supposed to run out into traffic), whereas a zebra crossing is a legal extension of the sidewalks (cars supposed to yield to people on sidewalks).

However, way too many pedestrians don’t understand the difference. In practical terms it shouldn’t make a huge difference, because you should always reduce your speed and be alert when nearing any kinds of crossings, and we usually have speed bumps directly before many passages… but still.

If someone collides with you at a zebra walk, they’re almost always losing their license, and maybe a couple years in prison if you got badly injured. But if you walk out into a non-zebra passage and a car doesn’t see you in time, you can actually get fined if the police are feeling cheeky, as you didn’t yield to the car/your behavior thus caused the accident.

So no, pedestrians are definitely not menaces. But if we want to continue to reduce traffic injuries, it’d be nice if both groups were a bit more concentrated and respectful.

I did this, and then my then-gf desperately searched for a cable one day…

Except if the crackhead wrote what the AI wrote, he’d be prosecuted for conspiracy, solicitation, or whatever.