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I think roads should emit high energy lasers to prevent pedestrians to step on the road if the area is not designed to cross the road. :)

Kidding. I was thinking like adding more guidance for pedestrians and prevent them jumping on the road with pre-cautions but guess I missed the point since the news says when they are under 12 mph and reversing.

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Although I have encountered quite a lot of "lazy" pedestrians who just cross the street immediately instead of waiting a few seconds for the car ('the car' means there is only a single one) to pass, I don't think that this is causing the majority of collisions. More likely someone took a right or left turn and didn't see the pedestrian because the drivers have to pay attention to multiple things at the same time.

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