> We don't get a choice in this— we do it because the alternative is being killed in the street Is this commonplace in the US? In the UK most streets are safe

> We don't get a choice in this— we do it because the alternative is being killed in the street Is this commonplace in the US? In the UK most streets are safe to walk down (even some country roads which don't have pavements/sidewalks). In the UK there isn't such thing as jaywalking (etc) so it is the drivers responsibility to give way to pedestrians even when those pedestrians aren't following the highway code themselves.