[dashing doofus]

A preview of what a Julie Annie presidency would be like, from a 1998 Daily News article (I lived in NY at the time):

Mayor Giuliani is poised to launch a major crackdown on a habit many New Yorkers consider their inalienable right: jaywalking.

Giuliani yesterday hinted that tomorrow's State of the City address will include a plan to increase the $2 fine now levied on those who cross at the wrong place or the wrong time.

Pedestrians howled in anger and frustration at the plan, which comes weeks after the city placed sidewalk barricades to block key midtown intersections to walkers.

But Giuliani showed little sign of backing down and launched an impromptu lecture about jaywalking's evils.

"Jaywalking is a very dangerous thing," he said

Got laws??

[Alberta's Child]

Ironically, Giuliani's anti-jaywalking measures were among the legitimate applications of government authority in the City of New York.

As a civil engineer with a thorough understanding of traffic operations, I'd have no problem if a municipal government started tossing jaywalkers in jail. In a city like New York they are enormous pains in the @ss, and pose serious impediments to vehicular traffic and safety concerns for themselves and others.