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They do have right of way in certain circumstances but certainly not carte blanche to leap out into the road anyplace and anytime. A quick but little known example is peds have right of way if they are already crossing a road that you turn into.
+1 to JonoMarshall re. speed limits being precisely that - a maximum speed, not a must do speed.
Also to reiterate, these girls were steeping across a small gap between the front of a van and a road island (pedestrian refuge). I also put a small portion of blame on them but nowhere near as much as some have inferred. I tried to find a picture of the location but google maps have not photographed that part of the street yet.