I’ve written and presented extensively on racist origins and continued abuse of jaywalking laws. It’s encouraging to see California start the process of removing what has always been an intentionally bad law. Jaywalking was initially a crime lobbied for by the car industry, and is seen by some as a law that unfairly targets people … Continue reading California in 2023 Decriminalizes Jaywalking
Brilliant comedy routine by Hannibal Buress Humor helps underscore a very real problem with Jaywalking laws, which any historian should be able to tell you: What sets jaywalking apart is that it never should have been against the law in the first place. City streets were meant for foot traffic and horses from ancient times … Continue reading Jaywalking is a Fantasy Crime
An 18-year-old cyclist suffered life-threatening injuries at a 25 mph intersection where infrastructure design and automated vehicle systems combined with lethal effect, although you won’t find that critical safety analysis in standard reporting. Consider however that lethal design choice at the Nevada intersection deliberately omitted important crosswalk markings, creating legal cover for artificial intelligence to … Continue reading NV Tesla Critically Attacks Cyclist: Road Design Trains FSD to Kill
When historians examine how societies normalize mechanized violence, the period between 2016 (Nice) and 2025 (New Orleans) will demand particular attention. This era marks a fundamental shift in how vehicular force evolved from terrorist tactic towards automated system of violence. The Mineta Transportation Institute’s analysis of 78 vehicle ramming attacks between 1973-2018, for example, reveals … Continue reading From Nice to New Orleans: Vehicle Borne Attacks as Urban Terror and State Control