[nagash]

Here in Perth, Western Australia we have quite reasonable pedestrian right of way laws.

But if you read the recommendations, you will notice the language talks about how it's basically still on you to not die.

For example, pedestrians have right of way when crossing a street where a car may be turning in to, so there should really be no need to check across your shoulder for traffic.

Most drivers don't seem aware of these laws, I get honked at regularly.

https://www.sdera.wa.edu.au/media/1629/pedestrian_road_rules...

[tootie]

NYC has plenty of "laws" but the volume of people makes it impossible to thoroughly enforce. Plus we have so many people visiting from elsewhere. Our mayor adopted Vision Zero a few years ago and we're making improvements but we still have quite a lot of fatal accidents.

[blattimwind]

Traffic rules should perhaps not be a federalized matter; certainly not down to city level.

[ailideex]

> But if you read the recommendations, you will notice the language talks about how it's basically still on you to not die.

Well it makes sense, given we still have not figured out how to legislate people back to life and have recognized that making something illegal does not make it impossible.

[el_cujo]

I don't know if this is true everywhere, but in my city in the US, cars are supposed to stop at crosswalks (not talking about at intersections necessarily) if a pedestrian is crossing even if there is no stopsign or signal beyond the white paint on the road, but this is NEVER observed in my experience. Thankfully it seems like most pedestrians don't know this either so we don't get people trying to challenge cars to make a point at risk of their own lives.

[EpicEng]

>But if you read the recommendations, you will notice the language talks about how it's basically still on you to not die.

Yes, because in a fight with a ton of metal, you will always lose. Of course you need to be careful around moving vehicles...