I get the theory behind it but its a fundamental change to everything that is current and long standing. Ignore cyclists for a bit and focus on pedestrians. I can see many rear end shunts as drivers stop to let a pedestrian across but the car behind doesn’t twig and I can also see many instances where a drivers stops and the pedestrian doesn’t know.
How many near misses have you seen where a driver has let someone cross but the vehicle in the outside lane or going the opposite way doesn’t read the situation. I seen one just this weekend in fairness.
Moving onto cyclists… I can obviously see that cyclists will always stop to allow for pedestrians to cross… 