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Banned in 18 countries
Cross within 50 m of a crossing: S$50 fine, 730 cases in H1 2025.
AED 400 under the Federal Traffic Law; 177,000+ fined in 2024.
Cross outside a crossing: warning or a 500-rouble fine (Art. 12.29).
Fine of 2 MRP, 7,864 tenge in 2025, for crossing off the crossing.
Art. 127: 255 hryvnia fine; Ternopil patrols still write them up.
Decree 168 (Jan 2025): 150,000-250,000 dong for crossing off-point.
Cross where you must not: 50 zl; walk through a red man: 100 zl.
Up to 1,500 CZK on the spot; Prague police blitzed walkers in 2026.
2-3 fine points, about 405-607 lei in 2025; 400 fines in one week.
Cross off the zebra: EUR 80. Walk through a red light: EUR 200.
Art. 190: EUR 26-102 if a zebra is within 100 m (raised Dec 2024).
Zebra within 50 m and you skip it: EUR 10-50 fine.
Must use a zebra within 20 m; Antwerp sent red-man walkers to court.
Cross off the zebra: a comparendo worth one day's minimum wage.
Cross at a crossing or 50 m+ away; Cape Town fine R500 (Nov 2025).
Step onto a crossing on red: 700 kroner, and Funen police do fine it.
Every state fines crossing within 20 m of a crossing; NSW max A$2,200.
Cross on red: EUR 5. Not at the crossing: EUR 5-10 (2026 catalogue).
Everywhere not listed here, Jaywalking is allowed.
Restricted in 37 countries
No national law; CA, VA, NV and NYC have decriminalised it since 2021.
Provincial and city rules only, C$30-250; tickets are rare.
R$44.19 fine on paper; no pedestrian has been fined in years.
Light infraction, 0.2-0.5 UTM; no recent fines found.
Pedestrian papeletas exist (3% of a UIT) but are rarely written.
Illegal, but the fine is EUR 4 and almost never written.
CHF 10-20 fixed fines exist; police say they almost never issue them.
Must use a crossing within 50 m; no recent fines found.
KRESZ restricts crossing points; no recent pedestrian fines found.
Cross anywhere you like; only walking through a red man is fineable.
15 m rule exists; Garda enforcement is described as unheard of.
1-3 base values (45-135 BYN) in law; first offence often a warning.
Pedestrians were fined 196 TL each in 2022; no 2025 figure found.
Must use a nearby crossing; pedestrian tickets are rare.
Banned on paper since the 1970s; Tehran police say no fines apply.
SR 100-150 in the fine table; no 2025 enforcement found.
QR 200 off the crossing, QR 500 on red (2019 rules).
25 DH fine since 2017; collection stopped quietly, law still stands.
2,000 DA on paper, never applied; new code sets 4,000 DA.
Lagos jails or fines highway crossers; no national pedestrian fine.
No national law; some state police acts fine it Rs 100-500.
Law says cross at the crossing (max Rp 250,000); rarely enforced.
KL compounds from RM30 exist; no recent enforcement found.
City ordinances only: Metro Manila tickets P500, no national law.
Up to 200 baht in law; pedestrians have not been fined in years.
Up to 20,000 yen on paper; police only warn, tickets are rare.
20,000-30,000 won fine, on-the-spot only; last confirmed 2024.
5-50 yuan or a warning in law; Shenzhen shamed walkers on screens.
Tashkent fined 56,000 walkers in 2021; no 2025 figure found.
Pedestrian sanctions exist; no amount or recent fines found.
Only a dangerous red-man crossing is an offence; otherwise free.
Red-man crossing is illegal but carries no fine.
EUR 20 petty fine in law; no recent enforcement found.
EUR 40 fine in law; no recent enforcement found.
100 m rule in law; no recent fines found.
Illegal since 2013; no recent fines found.
20 m rule, fine up to NZ$35; no recent fines found.
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