Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) Rights and
duties generally. Pedestrians shall be subject to the traffic control signals
provided for in paragraphs (E) and (F) of 3335-21-11 of , but at all other places pedestrians shall be
granted those rights and be subject to the restrictions stated in this chapter
or in state statute.
(B) Right of
way in crosswalks; overtaking stopped vehicles.
(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 necessary to so yield, to a pedestrian
crossing the street or roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon
the half of the street or roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when
the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the street
or roadway as to be in danger.
(2)
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 as to constitute an immediate
hazard.
(3) Whenever a vehicle is
stopped at a marked crosswalk or at an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to
permit a pedestrian to cross the street or roadway, the driver of any other
vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass such stopped
vehicle.
(C) Crossing streets and roadways. No pedestrian shall
cross a street or roadway at any place other than by a route at right angles to
the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb, except in a
crosswalk.
(D) Right of way of motorists.
(1) Every pedestrian crossing a street or
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 street or roadway.
(2) Any
pedestrian crossing a street or roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or
overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right of way to
all traffic upon the street or roadway .
(E)
Soliciting rides or business from motorists.
(1) No person shall stand in a street or
roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride, employment or business from the
occupant of a vehicle.
(2) No
person shall stand on or in proximity to a street, roadway or parking area for
the purpose of soliciting a sale or the watching or guarding of a vehicle while
such vehicle is parked or about to be parked on a street, roadway or parking
area.
(F) Responsibility of drivers. Notwithstanding the
provisions of these rules, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to
avoid colliding with a pedestrian upon a street or roadway, shall give warning
by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution upon
observing a child or a confused or incapacitated person upon a street or
roadway.
Replaces: 3335-21-12
