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		duaneb on Jan 15, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How automakers invented the crime of “jaywalking” > In urban Oregon and Washington autos are required by law to stop for pedestrians crossing the road. Actually, it's required everywhere—even on the freeway. Of course, it's illegal for pedestrians to be walking on the freeway.... But pedestrians ALWAYS have right of way.

code_duck on Jan 16, 2015 [–]

This is true. I suppose the Pacific NW is the only place I've been where it's actually enforced by law and custom.

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