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CMV: Cars should have right of way unless at pedestrian crossings.

So many instance where driving around a carpark or something similar and pedestrians who walk right infront of cars without looking up ot pay attention to thiet surroundings. This forces the driver to slow down or stop complete halting way of traffic. Cars are 1000kg to 2000kg metal objects + they move faster than people. I think in situations unless at pedestrian crossing where pedestrians actually have right of way, people need to stop thinking they have more priority than cars cause cars can kill you. And its not my fault that you werent looking or paying attention i manage to hit you. It should be both parties looking and paying attention to hazards around you. We need to stop this culture of being too arrogant for your own safety.
gpt
So there are two different things here - the cultural expectation of how different people behave in various situations, and the legal concept of 'right of way'.

In terms of cultural norms, yes, pedestrians should be more careful around cars, and more conscientious of not getting in the way of traffic.

In terms of the legal concept of 'right of way', it's very important that the person who is in a position to kill people has the legal responsibility to not kill people, rather than that the person who is in a position to get killed, has a legal responsibility to not get killed.

That is, we don't want everyone who runs down a pedestrian to be able to say 'I had right of way, so it was their fault' and get off scott free.  Partially because this leads to more people being killed, but also because, once you've killed someone with your car, they're not there to testify about whether or not they were *actually* violating right of way, or not.