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The concept of jaywalking was invented by the USA automobile industry in the 1920s. The "jay" in jaywalking was a derogatory term meaning "rube," deliberately coined to shift blame for traffic accidents onto pedestrians. Dutch traffic law still has no concept of jaywalking.
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