yeah if its between hitting a ped and hitting a hard object I'll hit the ped and share the pain. By all means make every possible action to avoid them but don't kill yourself just to save them from their stupidity. When I ride near people I always have my thumb on my bell and the peds on my mind but sometimes its not enough and people float around in a little dream world. If they invite themselves to get yanked out of it by a moving bike thats their prerogative. Theyre usually just a little scraped and embarassed, nothing that won't heal...