As far as the OP goes, I hate to blame someone for hitting a jaywalker that could easily have avoided the collision, but if I didn't take evasive maneuvers around here I'd be toothless from running into peds. People are on cellphones or listening to ipods and just walk out into the street. But the peds that seem most likely to walk out in front of me are the ones that look straight at me as I'm riding towards them. I almost saw a guy get flattened by a bus, but luckily his friend grabbed him in time.
the closest crossing of the main drag to me used to have "no pedestrian" signs in all 4 directions. I think that's a sign I've only seen in Pennsylvania. I had to cross that intersection to get to the closest bus stop, never did figure out how I was supposed to do that.