I live in Australia, which has less than a tenth of the US population on a land mass the size of the continental US. We allow pedestrians to cross the road unle

I live in Australia, which has less than a tenth of the US population on a land mass the size of the continental US. We allow pedestrians to cross the road unless they're within 20 metres of a crossing. If anything, lower population density should mean more rights for pedestrians, since there will be roads which see no traffic for hours or even days.