Originally Posted by UnfilteredDregs

Right, nevertheless there's a problem if the color of the light doesn't matter, it should not be okay for pedestrians to ignore lights in a shared facility. That indeed needs to be addressed because it renders the function of the safety appliances useless.

Pedestrians can have all the ROW in the world but if someone walks in front of my car at an intersection at the curb at the last second there's not much I could do about it.

If he had the light, was moving below the speed limit, had brakes on his bars, swerved into the car lane to avoid others ignoring the crosswalk light, and tragically hit her (ignoring the light as well), he's not guilty of anything, he did no wrong, maybe he did the best he could, at that point the fault and negligence that allows for such lies with the controls where their lack of effect allowed for the possibility of such a scenario.

You have to allow for such a possibility in this case, and it is irresponsible to allow the same conditions to remain without change if this possibility proves to be the case.