Jaywalking seems to be taken very seriously here. There are extensive underpasses and overpasses (which might just be ploys to get you into malls) and some taxis are painted with Jaywalking Kills! in bright letters. I guess there’s a campaign whose slogan is “a minute to save, a lifetime to lose”… pretty dramatic. Furthermore when masses of people are bunched around a corner waiting to cross, they all file to be exactly within the confines of the crosswalk when the light changes. All this being said, I did see two teenagers jaywalk, or rather they jay ran with the half-thrilled half-petrified faces of children who stick their fingers in the frosting of a birthday cake and know they are going to get spanked… I wonder if spanking is involved in the punishment for jaywalking here?
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