Comments by "Module 79L" (@module79l28) on "Illegal In the US, Legal In the World... American REacts" video.

Kinder eggs: illegal Kids handling guns: perfectly normal and accepted
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Here in Portugal it's only legal to cross a street outside of the designated crossing places as long as the spot where the pedestrian is crossing is more than 50m away from the nearest crosswalk but it's their duty to make sure they can cross safely. In this case drivers don't have to yield to them, only in the designated crossing places. However, this is not considered jaywalking, the concept of jaywalking only applies to pedestrians who cross the street less than 50m away from the nearest crossing place. This rule, however, is kind of dumb because it doesn't take into account that no pedestrian can eyeball accurate distances. Are they supposed to carry a 50m measuring tape with them to make sure they're not jaywalking? 😆
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@hazeman4755 - Lol, you're even more screwed than us! Imagine a police officer trying to give you a fine because you were nearby enough to use the crossing! 😄 At least 50m can be measured if the police really want to fine a pedestrian, which is something so rare that the definition of rare should be "pedestrians fined for jaywalking in Portugal". 😅
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@wWvwvV - It has nothing to do with US thinking, roadways were designed for motor vehicles. Except in very specific situations where they rule over any type of vehicle, pedestrians are in no way shape or form road users, that's why designated pedestrian crossings exist. Like others have already stated, if pedestrians get hit by a vehicle because they didn't take all the precautions to cross a roadway safely, anything that happens is their responsibility. That doesn't mean that drivers are going to intentionally run over pedestrians crossing outside of the designated places, this should be obvious. Just like in Germany, drivers tend to "yield" if a pedestrian is already in the middle of the street.
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