<i>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</i><p>Anyone who has ever lived (or otherwise spent a lot of time driving) in a bad neighborhood knows intimately that this is true. People walk in the street in rough places. And there aren&#x27;t any norms compelling them to get out of the way.