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Arizona has the second highest pedestrian fatality rate in the country. The law exists for a reason
This jaywalking being a crime stuff is weird to me so I've been doing a bit of reading about it and came across this:
The UK is among those countries where jaywalking is not an offence. But the rate of pedestrian deaths is half that of the US, at 0.736 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2011 compared to 1.422 per 100,000 in America.
Heres the full article: Jaywalking: How the car industry outlawed crossing the road
Honestly sounds like a bullshit law to me. From what I've been reading theres no evidence to suggest it prevents deaths and plenty that suggests it has no effect. It does seem like a good revenue stream for police departments though.