Here's a thing, though.
Just been out in the car. A lad, I suppose a teenager, stepped on to a zebra crossing, and forced me to brake fairly hard. He hadn't been waiting at the crossing or anything like that, and it was ambiguous as to whether he was going to carry on up the pavement on his side or cross. I swear that he did not so much as glance left or right to see who was coming, and he was striding at a fair pace. When he crossed, I was pretty close to the crossing. Of course — he had earphones on, and was definitely off in his own world.
I didn't honk him, because I've got to be seriously annoyed before I use my horn, particularly with a pedestrian. I know that technically, according to the law, he is right. But there's a question of etiquette, and just pure common sense, even as a pedestrian. Especially as a pedestrian. It seemed rude to me not to have even looked either way. I am certain that the headphones and whatever music was blasting into his ears had something to do with that.
I am a pedestrian. I'm also a cyclist. I'm also a driver. In all three cases I'm careful, and, I think, generally courteous. There's a responsibility on everyone. You're not absolved from that just because you're a pedestrian or a cyclist.
