While you know what jaywalking is, did you ever wonder about where the term came from, or why it describes improperly crossing a street? The term “jaywalking” didn’t exist in our lexicon before automobiles started to grow more popular in the early 1900s in the U.S. Before that time, pedestrians shared the city streets with horses, carriages and other forms of transportation. Despite this, fatal accidents were a rare occurrence. But with the introduction of automobiles into the mix, crashes became increasingly deadly. In the 1920’s, The Detroit News reported that 60 percent of those killed in automobile accidents were under the age of 9, and by the end of the decade there had been over 250,000 confirmed automobile-related deaths in