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  1. Stop, press button, turn 3 times in a counter-clockwise direction, cross with your best silly walk to receive your soylent green food pellet on the other side. Now I wonder what if 5 people are at the cross walk at the same time- does just 1 person have to hit the button or do all 5 have to hit the button to be “safe” or maybe a simple majority in the most democratic way possible will be accepted?

    1. Is there some sort of camera there taking a picture or finger print of them to know who to send the fine to? Which of the 5 would get fined for not pushing the button? If there is a camera doing ID, why doesn’t the camera automatically sense their presence and protect them? Oh wait, I know the answer to that. It’s because the goal is not for public service (a tool, paid for by the tax payers, for the use of the tax payers) but to gather money to grow the size of government.

  2. I kinda agree with jaywalking laws. The streets are dangerous with 2 ton steel objects traveling between 25mph and 55 mph. The drivers of these vehicles deserve the right to drive without hitting people playing on their cell phones. It is so irritating ti have the right of way and see some 18 year old slow walking across the street against the light while you wait for the fool to read his cell phone. To argue against jaywalking laws it the equivalent of arguing against laws that prevent cars from driving on sidewalks.

    2. I am primarily responsible for my own safety. At an intersection, I have to watch all four directions as well as for traffic making right or left turns. I can’t assume drivers will not run a red light and mow me over. In the middle of the block, I only have two directions to watch and no turning traffic. I have half the block to see that the coast is clear. I regularly jay walk because I consider it safer. My responsibility. My right

    3. Well, lets just take your analogy a step further. To argue against gun laws is the equivalent of arguing against laws that prevent criminals from using guns, right. To argue against food laws is the equivalent of arguing against laws that keep people from dying of obesity. To argue against prohibition of alcohol is to argue against laws that keep drunks from beating their children. None of that works, nor is it the job of government to legislate morality. Laws don’t stop criminals from committing crimes, they just regulate folks that obey the law anyway. Jaywalking laws are just revenue for government, and the nanny state exerting it’s pull.

  4. The Jaywalking and Walk Button laws remind me of the required seat belt law because obviously I’m not smart enough to take care of myself, the nanny state has to enact these laws and threaten me with fines If I don’t abide by them. The seat belt of the driver helps no one except the driver. So the decision of the driver to protect himself or not is taken away and the driver is forced by law to wear the seat belt for their own protection. The freedom of choice was taken away just like crossing the street is now no longer a freedom of choice, but instead it is now mandated in how you do it.

    In my opinion, these nanny laws come from court cases where certain parties had to pay out funds to someone that screwed up. So big insurance companies, County, City, and State governments create laws with no input from the population the law effects. Seat belts save lives and reduces the funds insurance companies have to pay out. Mr. X was killed in a wreak caused by a state vehicle, but Mr.X had no seat belt on so the State is not liable for the death.

    Pedestrian Y was hit at a crosswalk and wants to sue the city, but he did not press the button before crossing so he has no case. Pedestrian Y broke an ankle at a cross walk from a pot hole in the street. To cover the medical cost Pedestrian Y wants to sue the city for negligence of their streets. Pedestrian Y was found at fault because the pot hole is actually outside the line of the cross walk. Not crossing within the marked lines of the crosswalk made Pedestrian Y guilty of not following the law and was fined $50. Pedestrian Y’s law suit was thrown out due to not being within the Nanny state’s law for crossing the street.

    I could go on and create a long diatribe for all kinds of laws that are supposed to protect me where my input was never asked for. Sometimes I just want to go run away and live in a cave somewhere, but I’m sure the tax man would show up sooner or later. After that I’m sure some other do-gooder from the county or state would come tell me how it isn’t good for me to live in a cave and then evict me.

  5. The jaywalking ticket is not for your safety its the same as all tickets : to generate revenue Period. 23 years as LEO in Texas. Now in Montana thank God.

  6. The movie “Is Genesis History?” is loaded with lots of great information to support a young earth, Bible-based worldview. I would recommend it as a teacher resource rather than something for students under the age of 13 to view. It’s not the most engaging film on the topic I’ve seen. However, imo it’s a great movie that provides ammunition for anyone to defend their faith.

  7. Have you been to the snowflake capitol of the world, aka Boulder? They’re all engrossed in their electronics, high on legal pot, or underage drunk (it’s a university town). People blindly blunder out into the street with great regularity. I agree with attempt to make pedestrians responsible for themselves instead of making the drivers responsible, as they have done with bicyclists. Unfortunately a good number of car drivers are as impaired as the walkers.

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