you can be fined for jaywalking but even on a red light, its always the pedestrians right of way. you'll still get a sign and if the driver can prove that there was no way he could have stopped the collision (considering his light is green), he can get away with it. But if its green and an old lady is walking and you saw it from a mile away and dont stop, you're screwed. Penalty ofcourse is less than if the light was actually red.

the funny thing about it is that we had just gotten a ton of snow and the city didn't plow the road so she really didn't know where the crosswalk was and they still fined her. they could have easily just let it slide due to the circumstances but they didn't. it was the city's fault for not plowing at all and she still gets a ticket.