They have to avoid running someone over, so in effect they have to give way. In the UK, a pedestrian wanting to cross the road at a turning has priority (right of way) over cars turning into the road, but most car owners either don't know or don't care, and rarely stop.

@abbadon420 @Venat0r In Germany and Spain (both countries with domestic auto industries - ahem auto-lobbyists :obey: ) jaywalking is illegal and you can get a fine, the Police (cunts) will fine you if you do it, and if someone ends up killing you, well, the Police favour the car drive (of course they do) and the worst Auto murders get is a 3 year driving ban. Germany is car-brained :(#CarBrain #AutoLobbyismus #ThePoliceAreNotYourFriends

No, drivers are required to stop to all pedestrians in any case, obviously.

In my country (Cyprus) you're technically supposed to use the crosswalks as a pedestrian (in classic Mediterranean fashion, no one really does, or rather doesnt care about that particular rule), but theres an order of priority for right-of-way that goes as such:

Pedestrian > Bicycle > Car/Truck

So even if not at a crosswalk, if a car or bicycle hits a pedestrian, its the car's fault, pretty much automatically. Makes sense in terms of children playing in smaller streets in front of their homes.

The other day, I almost got hit while crossing in a crosswalk, while the walk sign was lighted and all cars were stopped at all way red. It was ok though, that’s just bmw priority rules (and no, she also didn’t signal before turning left to go through a red light)

probably illegal to walk on railways too?

In Italy it's not illegal, but if you have a pedestrian crossing at less than 100m away and you don't use it, police could give you a fine, but they rarely do it anyway, they just warn you or don't even care.

Non-spotify link: https://art19.com/shows/dollop?q=159+-+Pedestrianism