Comments on: Police Clamp Down on Jaywalking Offenders

By: Skrawl

Skrawl — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:10:04 +0000

Now I can’t wait to jaywalk so I can get on TV

By: anon

anon — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:38:28 +0000

if the jaywalkers should follow the rules, then the drivers should follow the rules too.
most of the jaywalkers aren’t following the rules because the drivers aren’t following traffic lights/traffic rules.

By: MDeeDubroff

MDeeDubroff — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:38:42 +0000

You all make such interesting points and I thank you.

jaywalking is a weird subject, I know, but it did fascinate me and that is why I chose to write about it.

Thank you all for reading and commenting on the piece.

By: jamar

jamar — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:31:13 +0000

“Itâ€™s about your own safety. ”

Well, then let it be said that sometimes in Shanghai I find it safer to jaywalk than to actually follow the crosswalk. Especially because of that second picture. I often have to wait quite a while for the right-turners to pass by before I can cross when the light turns green (or get verbally abused in Chinese when I’m nearly hit if I try to cross the first possible moment).

By: Jam

Jam — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:37:29 +0000

I don’t think when you cross the road, that whether you follow the rule is dependent on whether the cars do or not. It’s about your own safety. The fact is no matter how much of a reason you have to jaywalk, if anything happens it wiill be the jaywalker’s fault and in the worst case the jaywalker’s life. I admit I am a jaywalker myself, but it is at the end of the day not the right thing to do, its dangerous, especially in busy and crowded cities like Shanghai. I am not saying that their new way of stopping it is right or wrong, but I think it’s definitely right to be taking the initiative…its not like anyone other than yourself will benefit in any way if you dont jaywalk.