Are you a chronic jaywalker? Allegedly some cops don't even know how to write a jaywalking ticket — the practice is so widespread in New York that people rarely get punished for it until, as the NY Post points out, they are pinned beneath a double-decker tour bus. One former cop explains, "Jaywalking is an urban cultural issue. There are certain cities where jaywalking has been accepted for 50 years or more, so to stop it is like
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http://gothamist.com/2009/10/14/jaywalking_yay_or_nay.php

I hear in Seattle that people huddle on the corner politely until they get the walk sign. Seems safe but, you know, inefficient.