I call BS.   YOU not ME are responsible for your own safety.  Too many pedestrians walk with no care at all of what is around them.  

Every day you see morons walking down the road wearing noise canceling head phones that belong in a music studio, looking like complete dolts and unable to hear anything at all outside of their head.

People walk down the wrong side of the road and when you stop and tell them its dangerous they look at you like your stupid and then continue on..

People think they can just walk off the sidewalk with impunity and that any car or truck will simply stop immediately.  

They think they can cross anywhere and everyone will stop..  Wrong.  

When you get hit by a dump truck making a turn, you might be in the right but your still dead. 

Pedestrians need to take their own safety into their own hands.  Look around before you step off the side walk.  Your in a hurry, everyone is in a big city.