I think it should depend on the circumstances.
If the pedestrian is at fault, I think the individual, or their estate, should have to pay for the truck repairs and therapy for the driver.
If the pedestrian is at fault, I think the individual, or their estate, should have to pay for the truck repairs and therapy for the driver.
At least in theory. Unfortunately the cops here almost never wants to prosecute cars hitting kids or pedestrians. There's always an excuse. "The sun was in their eye", "kid didn't wear high vis (it was daytime)".
AT least in the US, 33% of pedestrians involved in fatal accidents were drunk.
16% were on freeways. 59% were on non-freeway arterials, while 22% were on local streets. [1]
I found it surprising that fatalities are far more likely to involve Pedestrians being drunk or jaywalking on high-speed throughfare than drunk drivers.
https://www.ghsa.org/sites/default/files/2020-02/GHSA-Pedest...
People don't just walk along the side of a freeway because they felt like it. They do it because negligent planners left them with no better route.
I don't see well-to-do businessmen jumping into the road all that often, but I do see deadbeat beggars do it every day.