Originally posted by Grantref
I suspect that the real motivation behind this law is to make it so that people who wander into the road while paying attention to Christina Aguilera's new single, or talking to their lover, or something, and get hit by a car, can't sue the driver or the city, because they were doing something illegal.
That is an interesting point of view. I hadn't thought of that, and it would be really impressive if that was the motivation.

Otherwise, I think this law is paternalistic bullshit.