Alaska Administrative Code
Title 13 - Public Safety
Part 1 - Division of Alaska State Troopers
Chapter 02 - Motor Vehicle and Driving Offenses: Rules of the Road
Article 4 - Pedestrian Rights and Duties
13 AAC 02.175 - Pedestrians on highways
Current through February 24, 2025
(a) Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, a pedestrian may not walk upon an adjacent roadway except when crossing the roadway.
(b) Where a sidewalk is not available, a pedestrian walking upon a highway shall walk on a shoulder as far as practicable from the edge of the roadway. Where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, a pedestrian walking on a highway shall walk as near as practicable to the outside edge of the highway and, if walking along a two-way roadway, shall walk only on the left side of the roadway. No pedestrian may walk on a controlled-access highway except in an emergency.
(c) Repealed 6/28/79.
(d) No pedestrian may be upon or along a roadway in such a manner as to create an unreasonable risk of danger to himself or interfere with the normal flow of traffic.
(e) No pedestrian may sleep or loiter upon a highway or, without lawful permit, obstruct free passage upon a highway.
Authority:AS 28.05.011