Except that it will take much more than this to ‘motivate’ any car brain here to actually stop. Those stopping for pedestrian crossings here are the exception. So much so that some towns “don’t know what to do” about it and ask pedestrians to wave orange flags to cross busy streets.

Fuck flags. Carry an umbrella and hold it in front of you (closed) as you approach the crossing.
This triggers the car brain, since it would scratch their paint if they hit it, which is much, much worse than killing a human.

I had to calm myself down when I realized how right you were and how fucked up that is.