Virginia has a similar provision: § 46.2-924: ... No pedestrian shall enter or cross an intersection in disregard of approaching traffic. ... Sadly, that clau

Virginia has a similar provision: § 46.2-924: ... No pedestrian shall enter or cross an intersection in disregard of approaching traffic. ... Sadly, that clause is never enforced on pedestrians who do "enter or cross ... in disregard of approaching traffic". I've even seen some who seem to have some kind of personal death wish. They approach an intersection at full walking speed, do not even look to see what traffic is doing (and are not phone distracted either), do not slow down, and just burst out into traffic. Yes, drivers bear a large responsibility here, given that they are operating the 3000+lb machine. But some enforcement of the statute clauses that already exist against the worst offenders on the pedestrian side, to reduce the incidents of pedestrian forcing their way in front of moving vehicles without regard to the presence of those vehicles, would also go a long way towards reversing the statistics direction.