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jay walking n. walking across a street outside of marked cross-walks and not at a corner, and/or against a signal light. If there is vehicle traffic or clear markings of a place to cross, this is a traffic misdemeanor subject to fine, and may be (but not conclusively) contributory negligence in the event of injury to the jay walker by a vehicle. |
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NORTH HILLS - Police issued 37 tickets and impounded 13 vehicles in North Hills early Tuesday as part of an ongoing effort to educate the public about the rights of pedestrians and the dangers of jay walking. ``We were finding that people in our facility who had to cross the street were jay walking up and down the street, and now once we put (the system) in, everyone goes straight to that,'' he said. |
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