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@scaryeire
Not hitting people will increase your time trial performance more than an aerospoke.
Seriously, you are all getting bogged down in the legalese of this issue.
The fact is, if you can avoid an accident you must. Right of way does not equal right to hit someone or knock them out of your way.
If you plough into someone where you could have avoided it you are, correctly, guilty. Always avoid hitting people, peds are stupid, peds are stupid, peds are stupid. Don't join or exploit their stupidity... avoid it, like them.
You never have a right to hit someone, if they jump out in front of you then they are guilty, because they did not avoid an accident when they could have.
Mooks I'm also an advanced driver and I'm sure you'll agree that the most important element of driving, just like cycling, is observation. A good driver should rarely (if ever) need to rely on the right of way due to having seen the pedestrians and avoided the accident.. you don't turn a bend without seeing what is around it, or at least seeing as far around it as you can comfortably stop. Same goes for cycling... its why cyclist make the best drivers.
Peace