Peds are supposed to salmon... at least here in NY. I'll agree that it does make it interesting if a bike, car, and ped are meeting at the same point in a roadway, but it would no matter which way they were walking.

S 1156. Pedestrians on roadways. (a) Where sidewalks are provided and
they may be used with safety it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to
walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.
(b) Where sidewalks are not provided any pedestrian walking along and
upon a highway shall when practicable walk only on the left side of the
roadway or its shoulder facing traffic which may approach from the
opposite direction. Upon the approach of any vehicle from the opposite
direction, such pedestrian shall move as far to the left as is
practicable.

Edit: oops, didn't see Patrick already addressed this... but yeah, those peds are correct.