seriously, it's so wierd here in that, you can be pulling into a parking space and someone, man or woman, will go right in front so you gotta stop and they'll do it to avoid the oh, say, 3 or 4 extra steps to go around a moving vehicle. And yes, pedestrians that actually look before crossing would be a good thing.
To right! I was reversing around a bend and some guy just walked straight behind me (on the road) and set off my reverse beepers (tell me if I'm too close). It was dark and he was wearing black (and had his hood up, probably his I-pod on) and had no idea that drivers have blind spots etc. Another time I reversed off the path and there was a guy standing next to my drivers side. I asked him if he didn't notice that he was standing in the road and that there was a large car moving towards him. "Jest moja droga!" he rplied.
The thing with drivers which gets me is when you are trying to come out of a parking space and, rather than wait 20 seconds for you to get out and drive away and leave the way clear, thy try to push their car through the 20mm gap, thus blocking your way and theirs (and the guy behind them who moves when they do, so they can't reverse either).