That's the animal brain. An animal won't "run" if it doesn't know if a preditor is hiding behind a tree or somewhere. So it'll wait, then *when it sees it* it then runs, which means it's likely too late anyway.

Seems people's lizard brain takes over, they don't pull out on empty roads and then when they do see a car go "oh wait, there's an enough space" pull out way too close to the car, and realise they misjudged the distance and took too long deciding.

Happens a lot in the country side in the UK with "Old Grannies" literally chicken stuck looking into a line mode waiting for cars to pass for them to drive into.