By this argument, you wouldn't have the pedestrian right-of-way laws that you have today (unless you're in certain areas of the states)... Instead, the onus is

By this argument, you wouldn't have the pedestrian right-of-way laws that you have today (unless you're in certain areas of the states)... Instead, the onus is on the vehicle to stop and cede right-of-way. How do you reconcile these two - almost identical precepts? The only difference is the phone and where "attention" is paid, yeah?