not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 days agoTIL that the term "Jaywalking" was invented in the 1920s by the auto industry to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrianslemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square90linkfedilinkarrow-up1936arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1922arrow-down1imageTIL that the term "Jaywalking" was invented in the 1920s by the auto industry to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrianslemmy.blahaj.zonenot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 days agomessage-square90linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFlorencia (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days agoThe quote literally has a newspaper article from 1909 talking about jay walkers. Jaywalking may have been boosted by the auto industry but it wasn’t invented by them.
The quote literally has a newspaper article from 1909 talking about jay walkers. Jaywalking may have been boosted by the auto industry but it wasn’t invented by them.