Originally Posted by mac
Really? So it doesn't matter if I'm a pedestrian on a residential street or a business street, I can just walk out into the intersection and cars are supposed to stop? That doesn't make sense - that can cause a lot of accidents. Cars are driving down the road and then all of a sudden people step out into the street?? However, I have seen business intersections that had no traffic lights or stop signs, but did have the white crosswalk painted. Maybe that's what an "unmarked crosswalk" means?
No, the pedestrian cannot step suddenly into traffic where an accident could occur. Essentially, the ped is still required to be relatively safe in order to maintain this right of way. So, I cannot legally step out into traffic RIGHT IN FRONT of a rich cyclist and then sue him. Establishing this in a court of law would be difficult, though.