This is more a problem of city design than driver behaviour. Even when conscientious cars slow down to better perceive on streets designed for higher speeds assholes will pull dangerous maneuvers splitting attention and becoming more dangerous to pedestrians to get around conscientious drivers in the interest of getting to their destination at their expected time creating new and less predictable hazards.

For the meantime until this is systemically fixed it can be rolling the dice to step out during peak times of light transition like pre dawn or twilight dusk wearing particular shades of clothing. It is not strictly “carbrained” to take precautionary measures in a hostile system any more than it is “paranoid” to bring safety gear to a backwoods hike. You adapt for the environment you’re in not the one you hope to have.

Until real civic engagement creates better infrastructure and stricter limits for vehicles it is not victim blaming to say it’s a safety hazard or to treat it like we’re talking about rape. If you can’t be seen at the speed traffic that is tacitly endorsed by enforcement and culturally expected to move it isn’t directly someone’s choice to hit you. There is no selection process as they actively trying not to hit you and frankly I believe it weakens the argument to draw that comparison.