not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoTIL that the term "Jaywalking" was invented in the 1920s by the auto industry to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrianslemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square92linkfedilinkarrow-up1935arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1922arrow-down1imageTIL that the term "Jaywalking" was invented in the 1920s by the auto industry to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrianslemmy.blahaj.zonenot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square92linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarevrek@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoThat’s not fun, I wanted it to be like it was actually Jay Smith who walked across a street in Boston and the cars stopped, resulting in a massive traffic jam, as a result they passed this law.
That’s not fun, I wanted it to be like it was actually Jay Smith who walked across a street in Boston and the cars stopped, resulting in a massive traffic jam, as a result they passed this law.