Few pedestrian accidents involve jaywalkers

[Richard Campbell]

Not a surprising result. Glad the city and ICBC did research on this. Now hopefully they will revise their "People are Fragile" campaign to reflect this. It would also be a good idea to lower speed limits and make "jaywalking" legal in circumstances where it is relatively safe. I suspect in many cases, as intersections can be quite dangerous, that forcing peds to cross at them could lead to more injuries.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/pedestrian+accidents+involve+jaywalkers/6597265/story.html

Such accidents cost Vancouver about $127 million per year when lost earnings, medical care, administration and impacts to others are taken into account.

Given the high cost of injuries, the city and all levels of government should be investing much more in making walking, cycling and driving safer.

Richard

[Richard Campbell]