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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
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Subject: Jaywalking in California
Message-ID: <136@vortex.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 16-Sep-83 19:21:53 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 16 19:21:53 1983
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Jaywalking in California *is* illegal, period.  In fact, it classes
as a moving violation!  Now, that being said, let's examine how
jaywalking is defined.  There are at least three major catagories of
action that qualify as jaywalking:

1) Crossing a street against a DON'T WALK or RED light.
2) Crossing between crosswalks in an area defined to be 
   a "business district".
3) Crossing any street at a point other than a crosswalk if
   your action causes vehicular traffic to have to take some
   action (such as altering course or slowing down) due to 
   your presence in the street.  

So you see, if you are in the middle of nowhere and cross a street
miles from a crosswalk, you are not in violation unless you
caused traffic to react to your actions.

--Lauren--