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Only one of them is putting other people in danger, though.
Literally nobody doesn't understand that.
The question at hand is if it appropriate to remind people that paying attention when you're crossing the street, because a driver may be distracted, is an appropriate thing to do.
Apparently, for some people the answer is a resounding "no", with a slight resonating harmonic of "and how dare you"
And yet we see drivers speeding on a daily basis in densely populated areas with tons of foot traffic. Several pedestrians have been killed in the past decade in an intersection next to where I live. No, they were not "jaywalking", in every instance the drivers were speeding and ran over people on the sidewalk.
Perhaps being part of the community of people who are being killed has something to do with it.
My brother:
Despite the saturation of polarized media, the world does not exist as a set of mutually exclusive options.
Saying "Pedestrians can use their eyes and ears to help them avoid danger"
DOES NOT MEAN
Drivers, therefore, have no responsibility.
It's like you're reading words, and conjuring all kinds of meaning that is not there.
If you read my comments in this thread you will see me explicitly saying that it is a good idea for pedestrians to look both ways, several times in fact.
My brother.
Then we agree, as you'll see that I also repeatedly state that drivers need to pay attention. I go so far as to say that ultimately, in an accident, the driver is at fault.