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Jaywalkers

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As motorised traffic began to dominate streets, pedestrians had to be ‘educated’ to keep off roadway. This 1952 government road safety film, Pedestrians or jaywalkers, uses a series of comic incidents to warn pedestrians about carelessly stepping off footpaths.

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Reference: Pedestrians or Jaywalkers? National Film Unit, 1952

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Ben Schrader, Street life – Pedestrians give way to cars, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/20678/jaywalkers (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 4 March 2010.

Comments

Juan Bosco
02 January 2014
So funny video... This is equal to the Mexico City transit, chaos nice... caothic, very caotihic...