unfortunate cell phone distraction aside, isn't it still the driver's fault? just because you have a green light, it doesn't mean that the pedestrian does not have the right of way. there is an unfortunate intersection from a main street into the university. there are always people nearly getting run over because drivers get a green light and automatically go. it's hard to remember that the green light for drivers also means a go light for pedestrians at the same time. even if the crosswalk sign was flashing red, it wasn't red yet, so it wasn't entirely her fault. don't get me wrong, the lady was at fault for not paying attention. severely at fault, but i don't understand why the headline is so focused on her and her cell phone use.

Pedestrians always have right of way.
And you should always watch were you are going.

This goes for both motorists and pedestrians.

I can't say how frustrated I get every time I see a pedestrian, dressed in black, at night, walk into the street in front of me. They'd be literally a shadow dancing between the distant headlights.
But that doesn't stop them from looking both ways, they just keep walking. I see people walk across streets, head bowed.

While it is the driver's primary responsibility to watch where he's going and not hit anyone, pushing a stroller into a road and not paying attention to traffic has no excuse.

Yes, you must pay attention and stop for pedestrians on the road, whether legally crossing or not. However, it sounded to me like the driver was turning and the woman simply walked out without looking - unless I've understood it incorrectly, I don't see how that makes it the driver's fault in this case.

Perhaps road rules are different here, but a flashing red pedestrian light means "don't cross". If he had a green light and she wasn't on the crossing when his light changed, there's absolutely no reason he should not have started moving. Had she already been on the crossing then sure - he would be entirely to blame, but (from what I understood in the article) she wasn't, she would have been on the path when his light changed...

Whether due to arrogance or ignorance, she simply failed to notice the "don't cross" sign, and walked into a moving vehicle because her attention was elsewhere.