"Right of way" in the UK means a legal right to use the road. Pedestrians have right of way on most UK roads (motorways being a notable exception). "Right of way" is sometimes used as slang for "right to proceed first when multiple road users are competing for the same part of the road", but the correct term for this, as used in the Highway Code, is "priority".
Just to build on this, pedestrians have priority at marked pedestrians crossings of course but also outside of marked crossings when crossing a smaller road where a car is on a main road and is wanting to turn into the smaller road.
>"Right of way" in the UK means a legal right to use the road. Pedestrians have right of way on most UK roads(motorways being a notable exception)
There are distinctions to be made, when it comes to 'Right(s) of way' but your bizarre and daredevil interpretation of what constitutes a legal route for pedestrians and the call to ignore common-sense road security, would only be considered by those who have a death wish.
Pedestrians have right of way on most UK roads(motorways being a notable exception
Your open-ended statement implies that legging it across a road is fine, as long as it isn't a motorway. This is not a safe guidance for the uninitiated.
It varies by state, but in Connecticut pedestrians always have right of way, but you can still get a ticket for jaywalking.
It reflects the reality that, while cars should get out of the way of pedestrians, a car can't stop as easily as a human, so you can put yourself in danger by darting out into a street
I think generally the party who causes the accident is liable for damages in the accident, regardless of who gets a ticket for what they were doing at the time. Though in some states, the driver always pays for the pedestrian's bodily injury. So you need to swerve into anything else you can find (tree, ditch, etc.) to avoid that darting pedestrian.
Perhaps they shouldn't be there, but their safety around tons of fast-moving metal is the only important thing at that point.