Martin Underwood wrote:

Removing the concept of who has priority over whom and allowing a
free-for-all sounds ludicrous, and a recipe for either more
vehicle-pedestrian collisions or else excessively slow vehicle speeds
to allow for pedestrians who are walking with their brains switched
off ;-)

AIUI the whole point is to force both pedestrians and drivers to switch
their brains on. That can only be good can't it?