Be alert : It takes only a little more effort to be safe

Alert enough to move away from danger in a split second . Vehicles r like elephants where one needs to move a wide enough berth to avoid their trampling ...

Should be safe then ...

Intuitive guide : Pedestrian's paces vs vehicle's car lengths

So gauging how one is crossing relative to vehicles's speed, just do so safely as cannot think too much when outside.

These days, vehicles are silent as they r well-engineered so do not listen to ipod or other audio players or handphones to distract.