The secret history of jaywalking: The disturbing reason it was outlawed — and why we should lift the ban

By RAVI MANGLA, Salon
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“chauffeurs assert with some bitterness that their ‘joy riding’ would harm nobody if there were not so much jay walking” (April 7, 1909).
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https://www.salon.com/2015/08/20/the_secret_history_of_jaywalking_the_disturbing_reason_it_was_outlawed_and_why_we_should_lift_the_ban/