Yes, a good letter.  Of course, it is good to consider ways to minimize risk.  One way to reduce pedestrian deaths is to eliminate the pedestrian right of way.  In Eugene particularly, pedestrians take dramatic risk darting in front of traffic because they feel entitled.  If a driver happens to be looking the other way at the time a pedestrian darts in front of him or her, the pedestrian is struck causing injury and possibly death.  Of course it is the driver's fault.  So what, the pedestrian is dead or injured.  If pedestrians were trained to anticipate danger and refrain from taking actions that, save driver perfection, can lead to death, we could reduce traffic fatalities without much effort.  The pedestrian actions of entitlement cause unnecessary accidents.