There was a 90 year old who was smashed and killed walking down the road in a town nearby yesterday. I don't want to be old just so I can become roadkill.

I've started doing the opposite. Thankfully I'm fairly tall and easily seen, so I frequently am the one to just walk out in front of cars who aren't respecting road safety. Not in the middle of the highway, but if right of way is at all dubious, I've started claiming pedestrian / cyclist always wins. It's a battle I'll become roadkill to fight.

Hell they'll even swerve around you in the crosswalk rather than stop for 10 seconds.

Comrade bus drivers always stop at the crosswalk for pedestrians though