An interesting irony I’ve discovered in life; often times, to jaywalk is actually more safe than to cross at the standard intersection with the traffic lights. Why is this? Because if you are jaywalking, you know that you’re putting yourself in a dangerous situation, and therefore, you’re more highly attentive to prevent yourself from getting run over.

With traffic lights, or standard intersections, you might be less cautious, because you feel over safe with the traffic lights. You might be more likely to cross the street while texting, or while distracted.

But, we should put no faith in traffic lights or crosswalks or intersections. Why? Most drivers themselves are distracted, texting while driving, etc.