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You Don’t Know Jack About Jaywalking

Decatur Metro | June 30, 2011 | 11:21 am

Think you know jaywalking when you see it? Think again.

The Georgia law on pedestrians crossing a street is a bit more complex than “you must cross the street in a crosswalk or at an intersection. The PEDs website has some great graphics which shows the variations in the law. Here’s the first of three…

Makes sense, right? But did you know that as long as there’s a non-signalized intersection somewhere adjacent to the point of crossing, the act of crossing mid-street is LEGAL? See visuals of what I’m talking about after the jump…

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