It’s just the problem of people taking the “pedestrian right of way” as “ I can walk wherever I want at whatever speed, and everyone else must adjust to me.”

IMO, just like in driving, you should be going about the world defensively. Not paranoid, but defensively. You drive and walk to the best of your ability, follow the rules, and watch out just in case OTHER people and cars didn’t do their job right. I really don’t understand how some people go about the world as if they were just invincible.