"If you slow down the cars to compensate, doesn't that somewhat defeat the purpose of having cars in the first place?" Hmm, well, requiring cars to give way me

"If you slow down the cars to compensate, doesn't that somewhat defeat the purpose of having cars in the first place?" Hmm, well, requiring cars to give way means that they're less likely to kill someone. Which is kind of the point, outweighs slowing cars down a smidgen. Although pedestrians have right of way it's only an insane pedestrian who would rely on that to stay safe: whether they have right of way or not, pedestrians need to be fully aware of what cars are doing.