[jcranmer]

> Mistakes are common but most mistakes aren't fatal.

And by choosing to drive a car, you are dramatically raising the odds that any mistake you make is fatal (not necessarily to you).

While my personal experience on the matter is thankfully limited, I strongly suspect that the vast majority of vehicular-pedestrian accidents are mostly (or entirely) the fault of the driver, where the pedestrian started an action where it was safe to do so and the driver rapidly caused it to become unsafe before the pedestrian could react.