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Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 17:28:29 JST Annika Backstrom

I swear I'm gonna take up jaywalking as a hobby. Missing my train because I waited 5 minutes at a broken crosswalk is psychological warfare.

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  Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 17:32:56 JST Annika Backstrom
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  "Jaywalking," also known as "walking."
  
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  Kevin Marks (kevinmarks@xoxo.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 20:03:34 JST Kevin Marks
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  @annika it's the jaydrivers you need to worry about https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay-driver
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    Jay-driver
    
    The term jay driver originated to refer to carriage drivers who drove on the incorrect side of the road. While the term may generally refer to an individual operating a vehicle in a manner not consistent with traffic laws, it was used more specifically to individuals who drive a vehicle on the incorrect side of the road. Merriam-Webster indicates that the first known use of the term is by The Junction City Union newspaper on June 28, 1905. Relationship to "jaywalker" Most sources indicate that the term "jay driver" came before "jaywalker" there being numerous article headlines from 1905 through the next decade that include the term "Jay Driver." Peter Norton's book Fighting Traffic on 78 indicates that in 1922 use of the term "jay driver" was an attempt by George A. Davies to use the known meaning of "jay walker" and apply it to drivers of vehicles. However, an opinion piece attributed to "A MAN BOOSTER" from the January 17, 1907 Salt Lake Telegram titled "Oh yes, there's the 'Jay Driver'" describes in it both jay walkers and jay drivers....
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  Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 20:44:19 JST Annika Backstrom
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  @KevinMarks very interesting that "jaywalker" is derived from a term about driving!
  
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  Kevin Marks (kevinmarks@xoxo.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 21:03:42 JST Kevin Marks
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  @annika War On Cars just had an episode on how much of the discussion about driving is based on PR campaigns to blame non-drivers rather than road and car design for their injuries:
  The War on Cars: Dark PR with Grant Ennis
  Episode webpage: http://sites.libsyn.com/132228/dark-pr-with-grant-ennis
  Media file: https://chtbl.com/track/52514E/pdst.fm/e/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/waroncars/TWOC-2023-10-24-E113-Grant_Ennis_Dark_PR-General.mp3?dest-id=807818
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    The War on Cars
    
    The War on Cars is a podcast about car culture, mobility and the future of cities. We bring you news, commentary and stories about the worldwide battle to undo a century's worth of damage wrought by the automobile. The War on Cars is waged by three leading voices of the livable streets movement, Doug Gordon, Sarah Goodyear and Aaron Naparstek. Liberate your city. Enlist today in The War on Cars.
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  Alex Karp (he/him) :clippy: (autisticmanager@techhub.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 21:26:08 JST Alex Karp (he/him) :clippy:
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  @annika Fun fact: Jaywalking used to have a driving counterpart back in the early 20th century, jaydriving. But it died out because of car companies. They didn’t want people to think driving a car was unsafe to themselves or others, and they certainly didn’t want to be responsible for making their cars safer for pedestrians. So they decided to shift all of the blame on accidents to pedestrians.
  For the first few decades, if someone ran over a pedestrian, it was called a “car murder.” And bystanders would sometimes try to beat up or even kill the person driving the car.
  
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  Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 21:26:08 JST Annika Backstrom
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  @AutisticManager I learned through another reply that "jay driving" came first! So interesting how we allowed the optics of driving to shift so dramatically
  
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