What every Brit should know about jaywalking

How ridiculous that you can be arrested in Atlanta for jaywalking.  It happened to this guy:"It is a cautionary tale for any traveller - distinguished historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto tried to cross the road while in Atlanta for the conference of the American...

Cracking Down on Jaywalking Historians

"Police say a British historian was handcuffed, thrown to the ground and jailed because he refused to obey a uniformed officer's order to use a crosswalk and wouldn't show identification. The historian says he had no idea the upset young man was a police officer. "Where I'm...