A cyclist riding in dark clothes without lights on the wrong side of the road does have a chance of being seen in oncoming cars headlamps.

However where I live, there are cyclist who find it fun swerving from one side of the road to the other - without notice - or mounting the pavement - without notice.

DoT and Local authorities will not spend money putting up proper signage so pedestrians now where cyclists are going to behave stupidly.

Also, as pedestrians, from our childhood, we are taught road drill which advises looking left and right and left again (ie a final look in the direction traffic should be coming from). We are also taught that it is safer to cross the road at zebra and pelican crossings, but not taught to keep stopping and starting while crossing the road in case a cyclist or driver has no intention of stopping at a red light. Further to that if a car or more particularly a bus, van, people carrier or any other higher sided vehicle stops at a traffic light, it is not always possible to see if a cyclist is about to under/overtake it while stopped, so the highway code should say when crossing the road, stop after crossing the path of each vehicle and check if their are any approaching cyclists or other vehicles, and wait for them to stop or jump the crossing before proceding any further.