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The NYPD may have time to ticket folks drinking a non-life-threatening lager on their stoop, but they are way too busy to ticket jaywalkers. At least, that's what Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday, suggesting New Yorkers practice common sense when crossing the street illegally.
The mayor declared, "The practical reality is I think the Police Department has plenty to do. You're going to have to generally depend on people's common sense to be self-enforcing, because the police can't possibly give out tickets to everybody that jaywalks." He added that photos like that of the woman having her legs crushed by a double decker bus should help to scaremonger some sense into people.
The Post attacked the issue again today, asking why New Yorkers "willingly put their lives — and the lives of others — at risk by jaywalking." They demand the "foolish practice" be stopped! The statistics show that 50 pedestrians lost their life last year by jaywalking, and this year the tally is up to 20. New York, the Post urges you to respect traffic laws! Will you listen? In our poll yesterday, 491 out of 536 of you were pro-Jaywalking, saying the NYPD shouldn't ticket for the practice... so we're guessing a tiny little Post editorial isn't going to stop you from crossing when you see the little red hand.
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time is money, it pays to jay.
I'm pleasantly surprised at Bloomberg's position here. A momentary respite from the encroachment of the nanny state.
The buses, trucks and cars of NYC enforce the Jaywalking regulations. Simple. Period. If you want to challenge the regulation, do so at YOUR OWN RISK!
The average New Yorker jaywalks about 10-15 times a day, they are quite good at it. It's the tourists that that dont know what they're doing.
Then why not repeal the law?
If you can't enforce it, and not willing to enforce it? Why keep it on the books? Huh, Bloomy? C'mon, you didn't let laws stop you on repealing term limits!!!!
They will enforce it if you are a "person of interest"
By the time this nanny-mayor leaves office, theyre will be NOTHING you can do once you leave your front door that wont be regulated, illegal, monitored, and NYPD ticketable.
If you drive a car, ride a bike, smoke, cross against the light, drink a beer, ride a moped, sit on a bench after dark, THROW THIS MAYOR OUT OF OFFICE.
its not a respite from the recroachment of the nanny state, its an admission of the nanny state unable to subvert the will of the people by enforcing PETTY laws.
smoking on the beach or in the park,haha just try it bloombum! theres limits to how much people can take, every dictator knows that.
if bloomberg succeeds in hiking up enforcement,
it wont be wall street guys crossing maiden lane getting tickets, it will be minorities ticketed crossing Malcom X blvd, with the added bonus of being insulted, dehumanized, searched and treated like garbage, and of course the blogs will shout he wasnt arrested for jaywalking, he was arrested for not having ID.
Try and catch me coppers!
the mayor and kelly will enforce this only in certain areas. mostly poor, mostly minority and maybe in the outer boroughs, too. the poor guy will get a ticket, probably not show up in court then a warrant is out for his arrest.
no surprise in this tactic.
just to get everybody in their database.
oh, you'll get a business card if you're stopped and frisked then let go on your way.
The Post is so fucking stupid.
Bloomberg is so fucking stupid.
With his pedestrian crosswalks and 4 way stop signs.
His pooper laws only have people throwing plastic bags of dog poop into sewers.
I can go on with small quality of life issues that (what is left of )the middle class has to deal with.
His ideas are from another planet.
What else can he get us into?
I'd like to see him die a poor, ill mans death.
It's stupidity that kills people. Good luck making THAT illegal.
Jaywalking is relatively safe if done in large numbers