What is jay-walking??

Question

What is jay-walking??

Answer 1

Jaywalking is a term used to describe when a pedestrian crosses the street outside designated crossing areas. In common North American use, the term generally refers to someone crossing a major street outside a designated crosswalk or intersection in jurisdictions where this is illegal.

Answer 2

Crossing a street without a crosswalk. It means that the traffic has the right of way, so if you get hit, the driver might not be at fault. Also, if you do it in a busy street, you're causing a dangerous situation for other drivers, not just yourself. There's an urban legend that says a guy named Jay got killed doing this and the family sued the driver, but the driver wasn't at fault because he proved he didn't have time to stop in time. Don't know if it's true, though.

Answer 3

when you cross the street when there's no cross walk thing painted on the pavement.

Answer 4

I think crossing streets without the crosswalk. :)

Answer 5

crossing a busy road away from traffic lights and not paying attention to the road, basically putting yourself in a big risk of being ran over

Answer 6

crossing the street in an un-deisgnasted area

Answer 7

walking against the light, or NOT in a crosswalk. (like the middle of the street, between parked cars)

Answer 8

Jaywalking is a term used to describe when a pedestrian crosses the street outside designated crossing areas. In common North American use, the term generally refers to someone crossing a major street outside a designated crosswalk or intersection in jurisdictions where this is illegal.

Almost all urban areas in the United States and Canada require pedestrians to cross at crosswalks or intersections and to obey pedestrian traffic signals. Jaywalking is primarily considered an infraction but in some jurisdictions, it is a misdemeanor or requires a court appearance. It typically carries a warning or modest fine or not more than one week in jail. In some cities (e.g. New York City), although still illegal, jaywalking is so common that it is generally considered harmless, and police only detain jaywalkers if their behavior is excessively dangerous or disruptive.

Penalties for jaywalking vary by municipality. For example, in Tempe, Arizona, as of June 2006 jaywalking carried fines up to US$ 118. A sampling of other U.S. cities found fines ranging from US$ 1[6] to US$ 750.

Answer 9

crossing a street.

without the crosswalk thing.

:D yay, lets go play in the freeway!

Answer 10

It's crossing the street without the crosswalk, without the traffic light at red so it's safe to walk, and it's something that people do on a daily basis cause nobody really gives a ****. :)

Answer 11

i'm pretty sure it's when you cross the street where there is no cross walk!

Answer 12

Walking in mid block where there is no crosswalk, marked or otherwise. In most jurisdication you can be ticketed for jay walking.

Answer 13

j-walking is when you go corner to corner diagonal  

Answer 14

Crossing the streets between cars passing.

Or when Jay Leno walks around getting others opinions.

Answer 15

I am guessing that this is not a traffic violation question since it is in the Celebrities section.  On the "Late Show with Jay Leno" Jay walks down the streets of Las Vegas (where it appears everybody is intoxicated) or Los Angeles (where everybody seems incredibly unaware of the world around them) and asks people questions.

These questions are usually about current events or U.S. history and he films the dumbest people's answers.

Therefore Jay Walking is a bit on the Late Show (on NBC) where Jay Leno walks down the street asking questions.

Answer 16

It is crossing the street without using the crosswalk.  It is a crime, but I have never seen anyone enfore it!

Answer 17

Jay Leno asking simple questions to people on the street like who is the vice president and they all get it wrong, it shows you how dumb Americans are

http://www.nbc.com/The_Tonight_Show_with...

Answer 18

its where you cross the street where there is no crosswalk or designated area for pedestrians to cross a street where there is traffic

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Answer 19

jay walking backwards???

its a song.

Answer 20

Walking across the street anywhere other than at an intersection or a marked crossing.

Answer 21

Jay walking is when you cross the street anywhere but the cross walks

Answer 22

when you cross the street without a crosswalk.