How about "stay off of the road unless your crosswalk signal indicates you can cross"? It's really that fucking easy as a pedestrian or "protestor" to not be hit by a car, barring bad drivers swerving onto sidewalks and such.
I think there should be new legislation drafted for protesting: that when you engage in a protest that involves you being in an area with motor vehicle traffic, you fully accept the risk of being hit by a car and you can't hold anyone liable. Watch the number of protestors dwindle.
Some states have adopted that law after the blm protests from two years ago.
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