I think we <i>know</i> (i.e. 90% of the time) that people will stop for us if we walk out in front of them with ample notice and conditions... It&#x27;s more from a norms &#x2F; politeness perspective that we don&#x27;t; it&#x27;s simply not accepted that you can just walk into the road when you want to get across because (most of us) we don&#x27;t want to be judged by others for behaving recklessly, either by the driver we&#x27;re forcing to stop or the other pedestrians.<p>There will most often than not still be people in these driverless cars that we will irritate, and pedestrians that we fear will scorn us. However, I think you make a good point about non-passenger vehicles. Perhaps we will be more likely to walk out in front of an unoccupied Uber that we know will stop for us on an empty street where no one will judge us — but this won&#x27;t affect the busy streets &#x2F; scenarios where it&#x27;s most important that I mention above.<p>Interesting prediction, nonetheless...