Did I Go Jaywalking In Spain? | Podcast Clips
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Jen has this “yes dear, that’s nice dear” vibe that cracks me up so much
"Does the equator not go at all through Europe then?"
"Anyway, lets move on"
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Jens endurance transcends well beyond just sports 😂
Mark’s no bs dry humor vs Jenn’s independent sensibility…I’m here for it!
Jen’s dry delivery to rebuttle your humor attempts are freaking hilarious!
"Jen, what do you think about the pedestrianisation of Norwich town centre? I'll be honest, i'm dead against it..."
I was JUST thinking he's channelling Partridge.
I grew up in Slovakia and people only cross the road when green light comes on. You can get your balls busted by a police officer if they see you crossing on red, even if no cars are coming. However, living in the UK, I cross the street whenever it's safe, no matter what colour the light is, because that's the norm here, so I just blend in :). The problem is when I visit Slovakia, I continue crossing the road on red and I am immediately a villain.
Not sure about jaywalking rules in Spain but I think we can all agree that Jen is awesome
Thing is I was hit by a girl that was on her phone on the pedestrian crossing, under the pedestrian crossing sign, in front of a school, and because her father in law was a police inspector the crossing was repainted, moved 10 meters away to make her innocent. So for me the lights, the signs, the crossings don’t mean anything, it’s only your responsibility to be safe, so cross whenever and wherever it’s safe 😂.
Spanish viewer here. We do jaywalk unless its a bussy multiple lane road, in my town people even walk in the middle of the road rather than in sidewalks if there aren't any cars nearby. Maybe in other big cities it's different but in Valencia we do jaywalk unless it's a big bussy avenue or there are cops watching.
In Germany and the Scandinavian countries, we wait for the green man.
No matter cars or not.
Well, in general...
But having been a lot in Spain I can tell you they a generally very relaxed about how they walk- or drive around.
Jaywalking is illegal in all states, but rarely enforced. A cop once stopped my wife for jaywalking on State St. in Santa Barbara (lots of pedestrians, slow traffic, something lots of people do). He told her a ticket would count as points against her driver's license (which could increase her insurance rates). She told him (correctly) that she didn't have a driver's license. At that point he gave up and left her alone.
Been living in Spain for 10+ years now, I jaywalk pretty much every day, so do most people.
In the Netherlands it's illegal to cross the road when the light is red. However you dont have to use the crosswalk/lights at all, you cann cross the road anywhere you want. But IF you cross at that location you have to (officially) cross when it's green.
Might be like that?
Spanish suscriber here. Jaywalking is illegal in Spain, as in most countries I know of (and I have traveled a lot). Now, the chances of a Spanish policeman fining you if he sees you doing it, while there is no cars around, are pretty low. But it's important to note that, in case of an accident, you would be responsible for it, as you are breaking the law.
People in Spain respect more the traffic lights cos we have more road safety education than many other countries that I have been to, although this is mostly true as pedestrians, not so much as drivers. We don't enjoy waiting to cross cos we like slacking (yet again, the prejudice of Spaniards being lazy...), but because we've been taught is the right thing to do.
Regarding Spain not being an economic world powerhouse, we are ranking 15 of more than 150 countries. And most countries above us are just bigger countries = bigger economies. We are good enough IMHO.
Now, when you consider quality of life, we are ranked top 5 / top 10 in most rankings (always above UK btw).
My advice to you is that you should be admiring the good things that you see in other countries (like higher road safety education) not making cheap jokes about it. I admire british punctuality (something Spaniars are lacking terribly), I don't look for silly explanations about why is that the case, you are just more respectful of other's people time than we are.
Inlove the banter between the two... It's awsome :D
Regarding the jaywalking, usually i do it, however the exception is if there are children around. I don't to see a child see me jaywalking because i don't want to set a bad example. It's safe for me, it might not be safe for a child to do it.
Real, once I nearly killed my younger brother cos I ran across a road, he tried to follow me and almost got hit by a car 💀
Lol - you two! Of course a stop light is meant to be observed! (Jenna is so wise.) "We're taught as children!" The switches enable crossers who wouldn't otherwise trigger a change to follow the law. People would do well to slow down and allow their brains to catch up every now and then!
I am a Spanish listener and I love your channel Mark!
I lived in Barcelona from 2016-2020 in a very busy part of the city. There were always tons of people on the streets so we waited for the walk signal.
The problem if you don't, there are 10 people waiting to cross with you and all of a sudden you decide to dart across, the people around you will immediately follow (thinking the light has changed green) and you risk having one of the others hit/killed.
Grandad got arrested for jaywalking in Only Fools and Horses and that episode was set in Benidorm.
The Alan partridge of the fittness world😂
She is JEN A cracked me :D
The other day in Singapore 🇸🇬 as I was jaywalking at a traffic junction when light was RED but I knew sure there was no car 🚘 (I knew timing well), a Blonde kid🙍🏼♂️at the opposite end was staring at me, holding his skateboard 🛹 and swinging his head slowly, from left to right, totally not approving…I just rolled my eyes 🙄…what a lesson!
Jaywalking is everywhere but very different in the US. If you step off the curb in NYC cars try to mow you down. If you step off the curb in Berkeley, pedestrians rule and cars screech to a halt.
I live in Madrid and as far as I know. It is not illegal to just cross the streets/avenues if there is no traffic. You can even cross in the middle of the road, not only on the pedestrian cross. Not that it is smart to do it, but I doubt a cop will stop you if no traffic is coming your way.
As for people waiting for the green light when no cars are coming. I wonder if those were not actual tourists.
We do live a more relaxed and easy life than most other European countries and we love to enjoy our food and beer restaurant terraces with calm and ease.
Hi Mark, Please could you make a video on how you went from sub 25 to a sub 20 5K, thanks in advance!
That vin diesel clip was weaker than max verstappen legs
casual racism? vs witty banter? casual misogyny? FREE JEN!
Portugal does the same as you but i see a lot of tourists coming here that just wait at the red light forever and they look at me weird when i cross with no cars coming
My wife got a ticket for jaywalking in LA, didn’t pay it, got arrested during a regular traffic stop for an “unpaid jaywalk8n* ticket” .. spent 1 night is a Los Angeles county jail … I’m a Brit .. I jaywalk as a matter of principle.
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I hit like on this one, mostly because Jen was giving Mark a go and winning...
In Denmark it is not legal to cross a pedestrian crossing when there is a red light unlike England where it is legal. Maybe it is the same in Spain.
Insert Simpsons meme, "Old man yells at cloud" here 🤣🤣
you have to set a good example, it reminds me of me teaching my grandkids right from wrong
Above average fitness, below average patience.
When cars wait to let someone cross when they've already stopped at a red I'll stop pressing the button!
put this guy in jail for posting this masterpiece.
“Cherio” 😂
Let me stop you right there with your hypothesis:
Bucharest, Romania, arguably NOT an economic powerhouse. Everyone breaks all traffic rules, including pedestrians.
Germany, economic leader of Europe: if lights are red and streets are CLOSED OFF to traffic, people will still wait for green (disziplin!)
In some parts of Spain is not ilegal jaywalking, however if a police officer sees you doing it, they can fine you
Alan Partridge ova here. 🤣
I can confirm that in California Jaywalking is not a crime, as of the beginning of 2023.
Im crossing the road like Marla Singer in Fightclub.
In Switzerland we generally also wait until its green even if no car is coming. There are always exceptions. My reason why i am waiting until green is: kids. I wanna be a good role model for them. Otherwise more accidents can happen because there is that time where you overlook that car.
At 4:17 Mark's "my question is" triggers the Google Assistant on my phone every time. I kept clicking back to that point and it worked, every time. LOL Apparently, I sound like a 49 year old British guy. Coulda' sworn I had a far more Canadian accent, eh?
In Germany they are crazy good at following the rules of the footpath
It depends, I love Mark's Humour and I am Greek. Having lived in the UK for the last 24 years might have had something to do with it.
Hobbits and Wizards!!!😆😆😆
I thought it was only jay walking if you crossed in the middle of the road.
I am from Spain. Many people cross in red, but if the cops see you, you could get a ticket. Nevertheless, the police usually pass on this.
Jenna-rul Knowledge
It's Jaywalking here in Canada as well. I don't know anybody who's ever been charged with it, in my 58 years.
Answer: Probably breaking a law. Don't know about Spain's enforcement but it's the same custom in Austria. People just wait for the green man. (Could be green man, 2 green men, 2 green women.) Apparently it's to set a safe example for children.
Every crossing, I ask people I am with, "Are going to be Austrian, or are we going to be normal people?"
I have crossed in sight of a police car without knowing it, and they yelled at me over their loudspeaker, but nothing more.
Ofcourse crossing a red light is breaking the law.
In Denmark you can get a fine for crossing a red light as a pedestrian even if there are no cars 😀
G'day from the southern hemisphere.
Hi Mark, love your videos but can I highlight you one issue?
The audio is always too low. I know you don't scream in your videos (thank you for that) but I feel like in comparison with other UA-camrs you have something wrong in your equipment (i.e. try to listen to "Agadmator", who surely doesn't scream in his video but has a crazy understandable audio). Hope this helped, keep up the good work!
Big fan from Bilbaaaooo!!!🤙🤙🤙
Going to pass through there on my bike next year heading for the mountains in the east!
If there is this much discussion about crossing the road in Spain. Come to India, no one cares about if a car is coming or not. Just show your hand to the incoming car and hope he doesn't run over you as an everyday philosophy. My US friends who immigrated from Austria visited me and took a video of me crossing the road.😂
In Australia ,to cross against the lights IS jay walking the same as crossing within 30 meters of a marked crossing and most of the walk buttons only work in the off peak times..But most people don't know this, it is to improve traffic flow... NOBODY has common sense . IF there were common sense , we would not have any kind of lottery or credit cards .If you cant afford something now, how can afford to pay more for it latter ? . Among other things.
In England some donkey - in Spain some Don Quixote
Germans also wait for the green man, and Germany is a bigger powerhouse than UK ahha
Is jaywalking illegal in California? As of January 1, 2023, jaywalking is illegal in California per Vehicle Code 21955 VC only if there is an immediate chance of a collision with a motor vehicle or bike. Therefore if there is no close oncoming traffic, you can jaywalk without fear of being ticketed.
I dont know about USA but in most of the countries (not all) jaywalking is illegal. When is red and even if its clean road you cannot go to other side
A spaniard here
Us Scandinavians don’t like you butchering the double poleing technique on the ski erg. Otherwise your tall and handsome meaning your one of us 👍🏻
Hi Mark, you do not understand the difference in culture. Here in Finland regardless of traffic you will always press the button, wait for the green man and then walk. Even if it's the middle of the night with zero traffic, you will still press the button and wait for the green man.
Jen actually mentioned one main reason, it's good for society following the rules and also sets a good example for children to follow.
I understand Japan is that way too.
I agree. I’m in Australia and I always wait for the green man. My thinking is that these crossing lights have cost me, the taxpayer, a fortune and I’m going to use them properly. I’m not going to give someone an excuse to run me over. If we follow the logic of crossing when people feel it’s safe to do so, then we have anarchy. That’s not a joke. Just do away with traffic lights and leave it up to the individual’s good judgement. Oh yeh.
Jaywalking is illegal in Northern Ireland
My buddy got a fine in Germany for this.
Feels pointless though!
Am I missing something or is this a one-person podcast with two people?
There’s actually 3 …. But we don’t let that one even appear on camera. 😂
I can't speak for Spain but in Poland is it a very big ticket
But also it is illegal to do this in the UK but the police don't care
Living like a giant tortoise. 🐢
They are still - ahem - reproductively active at 200yrs old. Slow and steady wins!
Y’all are goofy af lol
Mark you seem to love the stress🤔
If you could have done 11 more seconds you'd have pleased Jen? No surprise
It's not common sense to just walk across the road. You wait on the light so the car you didn't see doesn't run you over.
Is Jay Walking a crime in anywhere other than the American continents? Sure your not allowed to walk down motorway/highways but I doubt there is a Jay walking crime anywhere else.
Yes, indeed it's ilegal
And I believe not only in Spain
It would be funny as a joke, but looking how serious you are when saying Spain is behind of the rest of the world because people don't jaywalk is pathetic. Behind in what sense exactly Mark? Btw, I really respect you as athlete and sharing content about sport
behind in the speed with which they move about their towns 😂
Is Jen pretending to be so…. Blonde?