Discovering the origin of the term jaywalk during a stroll on Jay Street in Redding, CA.
The Idiot met an old-timer today who insisted that the origin of Jay Street and the term jaywalk occurred simultaneously in 1921 when a drunk was hit by a black Ford Model T while walking in a “J” pattern on this dead-end street in Northern California.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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