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• ideonek@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And companies ofted do it. Thay recoined jaywalking to put the blaim of the accidents to pedestrians and take away the road from them. They change what littering means in attrmpt to delute the responsibility for polution... We are better than that this time, right?

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  • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thay recoined jaywalking to put the blaim of the accidents to pedestrians and take away the road from them.

    How do you suppose that works, exactly?

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    • ozymandias117@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I assume you’re unaware of the concerted advertising campaigns by auto manufacturers to take public streets away from pedestrians, including things like

      The industry hired actors dressed in old-fashioned clothing to illegally cross streets, making the behavior seem outdated

      missedhistory.com/…/lobbying-trick-blamed-pedestr…

      “Jay” had started as a word for drivers driving on the wrong side of the road

      jaywalker was pre-dated by jay-driver – a driver of a horse-drawn carriage or automobile that refused to abide by the traffic laws by driving on the wrong side of the road

      debrabernier.com/the-history-of-jaywalking-in-the…

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      • Ulrich@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I assume you’re unaware of the concerted advertising campaigns

        Maybe try to stay on topic?

        jay-driver – a driver of a horse-drawn carriage or automobile that refused to abide by the traffic laws

        So jay-walker seems appropriate, does it not?

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