Actually, the yielding rules for pedestrians and drivers vary widely from state to state. See this page for a summary: http://www.ncsl.org/research/transporta

Actually, the yielding rules for pedestrians and drivers vary widely from state to state. See this page for a summary: http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/pedestrian-crossing-50-state-summary.aspx http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/pedestrian-cross... But the legality is to some extent beside the point. Autonomous vehicles aren't going to be tuned to pedestrian yielding rules state-to-state, simply because hitting a pedestrian is never an acceptable outcome if avoidable no matter who is in the right/wrong.