Nickwell24
macrumors regular
Crosswalks were invented for the convenience of car drivers. A person being outside one doesn't make them "fair game" to be killed.
You're right, it doesn't make them "fair game", but in many states a pedestrian must be in the crosswalk to be given the right of way.
"Arizona: Vehicles must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within a crosswalk that are in the same half of the roadway as the vehicle or when a pedestrian is approaching closely enough from the opposite side of the roadway to constitute a danger. Pedestrians may not suddenly leave the curb and enter a crosswalk into the path of a moving vehicle that is so close the vehicle is unable to yield. Pedestrians must yield the right-of-way to vehicles when crossing outside of a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. Where traffic control devices are in operation, pedestrians may only cross between two adjacent intersections in a marked crosswalk."