This is exactly what the burgeoning automobile industry did early last century. Its why we have j walking laws. Cars were faster than horses and so people were getting hit. The automotive industry responded in the same way you describe essentially creating j walking laws. History repeats itself!

The States is the only place I’ve ever been that seems to have jaywalking laws, I don’t think they are common at all. Even in the states it seems hard to get pinged for it. Most places require you to cross at a crossing if one is nearby, which is fairly common sense.

Nope. Most European states have them - but it's a CYA/gotcha sort of law, not enforced unless the police desperately needs something to "ping" you for. I have been ticketed for it exactly once - the cop indicated he had a quota of tickets to fill for the month.

Could you give an example of a European country with them? The ones I’m familiar with require a crossing to be used if nearby, that’s it. Or are you counting that as a jaywalking law?

This Wikipedia entry covers many European countries. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking

Well, the traffic code is a law, and usually defines various rights and responsibilities for traffic users; since there are jaywalking clauses, I would definitely count that.

Yet you disagreed with my original comment and follow up, which state exactly that.

Most countries don't have interstates cutting through city centers, either.

For some reason, this is the exact response I would expect from Uber.