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A key distinction is that you can hold human drivers accountable and bring them to court. But nobody wants to die because of a glitch.
I'd argue that human drivers are absolutely not held accountable in the US. When my buddy was killed by a driver texting in a giant SUV they gave the driver a small fine and called it an "accident".
I would respond that in court, the traffic laws are the traffic laws. It looks like the pedestrian is the accountable party here. But from a pedestrian perspective, cars that are only dangerous if you're jaywalking are objectively an upgrade.
Reminder that paint isn't infrastructure so if you want people to use the "crosswalk" then it needs to be raised up and it needs a protected middle if you have to cross multiple lanes. If you make the crosswalk actually safer to use then people will use it.