Müs wrote:
Vindicarre wrote:
I've got a question regarding the crosswalk laws:
If someone is crossing a a multi-lane street divided by a median (concrete), and they're on the other side of the median from you (walking away, or coming toward you), are you required to stop? I can see it both ways - they'r in the crosswalk, yes, but they're at least thirty feet away separated by a concrete barrier. I imagine, like anything else, if they decide to ticket you, they'll ticket you.
Depends on the municipality. Here in Vegas, I think you're required to stop if they're crossing with the light in the crosswalk... but noone really ever does.
After further research:
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V C Section 21950 Right of Way at Crosswalks
Right-of-Way at Crosswalks
21950. (a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(b) This section does not relieve a pedestrian from the duty of using due care for his or her safety. No pedestrian may suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle that is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. No pedestrian may unnecessarily stop or delay traffic while in a marked or unmarked crosswalk.
(c) The driver of a vehicle approaching a pedestrian within any marked or unmarked crosswalk shall exercise all due care and shall reduce the speed of the vehicle or take any other action relating to the operation of the vehicle as necessary to safeguard the safety of the pedestrian.
(d) Subdivision (b) does not relieve a driver of a vehicle from the duty of exercising due care for the safety of any pedestrian within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection.
Amended Sec. 8, Ch. 833, Stats. 2000. Effective January 1, 2001
So, if they're walking away from you, there is no "yield" needed, yeah, that'll fly.
Müs wrote:
In Cali, if they're in the street *at all* you have to stop.
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V C Section 21954 Pedestrians Outside Crosswalks
Pedestrians Outside Crosswalks
21954. (a) Every pedestrian upon 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 so near as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not relieve the driver of a vehicle from the duty to exercise due care for the safety of any pedestrian upon a roadway.
Amended Ch. 1015, Stats. 1971. Operative May 3, 1972.
LOL:
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V C Section 21961 Local Regulation of Pedestrians
Local Regulation of Pedestrians
21961. This chapter does not prevent local authorities from adopting ordinances prohibiting pedestrians from crossing roadways at other than crosswalks.
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