Baffled... Just cant figure it out, jaywalkers sees your car coming decides they can outrun your car and makes for it. The strange behviour begins when you actually slow your vehicle down for them (guess you're the one with better sense to know they arent gonna make it if you keep to your speed): realising you've actually made an effort to avoid hitting them damn thing off the road, they adjust their illegal crossing to a much slower pace accordingly. Thus the 'retard' cycle begins. You, braking a little more and them, taking it slower than before, and it goes on... Maybe I'll try a little experiment the next time, let one cycle run its course and than pump hard on my accelerator...my guess is they'll pick up their pace and scurry off like they should the first time!