§ 70.10. PEDESTRIAN REGULATIONS.

(A) Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic-control signals referred to in §§ 71.01 and 71.26, but at all other places pedestrians shall be granted those rights and be subject to the restrictions stated in this section.

(‘89 Code, § 64.01)

(B) (1) When traffic control signals are not in place or not in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger, but no pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for the driver to yield.

(2) Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.

(‘89 Code, § 64.02)

(C) Pedestrians shall move, whenever practical, upon the right half of the crosswalk.

(‘89 Code, § 64.03)

(D) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place other than by route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb except in a crosswalk.

(‘89 Code, § 64.04)

(E) Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. This provision shall have no application under the conditions stated in division (F) below when pedestrians are prohibited from crossing at certain designated places.

(‘89 Code, § 64.05)

(F) (1) No pedestrian shall cross a street between adjacent intersections at which traffic-control signals are in operation, except in a crosswalk.

(2) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a crosswalk in a business district.

(‘89 Code, § 64.06)

(G) (1) Where sidewalks are provided, no pedestrian shall walk along or upon an adjacent roadway.

(2) Where sidewalks are not provided, a pedestrian walking along or upon a highway shall, when practicable, walk only on the left side of the roadway or its shoulder, facing traffic, which may approach from the opposite direction.

(‘89 Code, § 64.07)

(H) No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of any vehicle.

(‘89 Code, § 64.08)

(I) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, each driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway, and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution upon observing any child or any confused or incapacitated person upon a roadway.

(‘89 Code, § 64.09)

(J) Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words “walk” or “wait” are in place, the signals shall indicate the following:

(1) For signals exhibiting “walk,” pedestrians facing the signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal and shall be given the right-of-way by the drivers of all vehicles.

(2) For signals exhibiting “wait,” no pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of the signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed his or her crossing on the “walk” signal shall proceed to a sidewalk or a safety zone while the “wait” signal is showing.

(‘89 Code, § 60.12) (Am. Ord. passed 4-8-96) Penalty, see § 10.99