Yeah, the reason I was inspired to ask the question is I’ve had so many close calls in San Francisco. Times where I was either clearly about to as a cop went by, or where I jaywalked right in front of an officer.
I’ve yet to be stopped, but I don’t want to push my luck. Even if the ticket is only $20, I can still think of 100 better things to spend $20 on.
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Although one time when I was a teenager I jaywalked in a residential suburban area of
Rocklin, CA (a quiet, white, affluent, suburban place) then had an officer pull out of a little hidden spot and drive behind me (at about 3mph) while I was on foot, eventually turning on his lights and sirens to, uhhh pull me over? on foot. He let me go after a 20 min lecture.
In my opinion the whole thing was much more embarrassing for the officer than for me.