Animation Explains How Bad Planning Makes Car Ownership Compulsory
B' Spokes: I highly recommend that you watch this video, lots of great points. Additionally there is a link for another great video on the origins of the term "jaywalking". Oh, by the way it is not a legal term in Maryland. Our law would be more accurately described as "crossing between consecutive intersections controlled by traffic lights." Keep in mind a intersection is where two highways intersect and a highway* is something for vehicle travel, wither public or private, this also includes alleyways and very possibly driveways. So there are very few places where "jaywalking" is without a doubt illegal. http://usa.streetsblog.org/2015/11/12/animation-explains-how-bad-planning-makes-car-ownership-compulsory/
* The legal definition of a highway follows: .
§ 11-127. Highway
"Highway" means:
(1) The entire width between the boundary lines of any way or thoroughfare of which any part is used by the public for vehicular travel, whether or not the way or thoroughfare has been dedicated to the public and accepted by any proper authority;
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