[Approved 9-6-1991 as Ch. No. 2219]
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway, street
or highway in the City of Pawtucket, other than in a crosswalk, in
any business district.
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection
diagonally, unless authorized by official traffic control devices,
and when authorized to cross diagonally, pedestrians shall cross only
in accordance with the official traffic control devices pertaining
to such crossing movements.
A.
Where sidewalks are provided, it shall be unlawful
for any person to walk along and upon any adjacent roadway, street
or highway in said City of Pawtucket.
B.
Where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian walking
along and upon a roadway, street or highway in the City of Pawtucket
shall, when practicable, walk only on the left side of such roadway,
street or highway, or its shoulder, facing traffic which may approach
from the opposite direction.
It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk
in the traveled roadway, street or highway, or in the area adjacent
to such roadway, or within any portion of the freeway, expressway
or any limited-access highway.
[Amended 10-21-2021 by Ch. No. 3246]
No person shall stand, walk or linger in a roadway,
street or highway in the City of Pawtucket for the purpose of soliciting
a ride from the occupant or driver of a vehicle.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this article, every driver of a vehicle or conveyance shall exercise
due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway,
street or highway of the City of Pawtucket, and shall give warning
by sounding the horn, when necessary, and shall exercise proper caution
upon observing any child or any confused or incapacitated person upon
the roadway.
Hawkers of daily publications and current periodicals
are exempt from the provisions of this article.
