Jaywalking

:For The Tonight Show skit, see Jaywalking (The Tonight Show).

Driver cooperation

In some areas with few crosswalks and frequent jaywalking, if the road is otherwise safe to cross, and the existing traffic is moving slowly enough that a brief pause would not noticeably hold anyone up, some drivers will stop to allow jaywalking pedestrians to cross. This is particularly common when the traffic ahead is stopped by a red light; with the minimal oncoming traffic providing a natural opportunity to cross, and nothing to be gained by moving forward, these drivers prefer to show courtesy to crossing pedestrians.

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