Pedestrians shall obey the direction of police officers directing traffic
and whenever there is an officer directing traffic, a traffic control signal
or a marked crosswalk within 300 feet of a pedestrian, no such pedestrian
shall cross a way or a roadway except within the limits of a marked crosswalk
and as hereinafter provided in these regulations. For the purposes of these
regulations, a marked crosswalk shall only be construed to be that area of
a roadway reserved for a pedestrian crossing located between two solid white
reflector twelve-inch pavement markings in rural areas or markings not less
than six inches wide in urban areas, said markings or lines being no less
than six feet apart.
Traffic control signal color indications and legends shall have the
commands ascribed to them in this section and no other meanings, and every
pedestrian shall comply therewith, except when otherwise directed by an officer.
A. Red and yellow or with word "Walk." Whenever the red
and yellow lenses are illuminated together or the single word "Walk" is illuminated,
pedestrians facing such indication may proceed across the roadway and in the
direction of such signal only.
B. Red alone or "Don't Walk." Whenever the words "Don't
Walk" or any indication other than red and yellow shown together are illuminated
in a traffic control signal where pedestrian indications are provided, pedestrians
approaching or facing such indication shall wait on the sidewalk, edge of
roadway or in the pedestrian refuge area of a traffic island and shall not
enter upon a cross or roadway until the proper indication is illuminated in
the traffic control signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed
his crossing on the "Walk" indication shall proceed or return to the nearest
sidewalk or safety island on the yellow indication, the red indication or
when words "Don't Walk" are illuminated by rapid intermittent flashes.
C. Green alone. At traffic control signal locations where
no pedestrian indication is given or provided, pedestrians facing the signal
may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the green indication.
D. Flashing red, yellow or green. At any traffic control
signal location where a flashing red, flashing yellow or flashing green indication
is being given facing a crosswalk, pedestrians shall actuate, where provided,
the pedestrian signal indication and cross the roadway only when the red-yellow
or "Walk" indication is in operation. If no pedestrian signal is provided,
pedestrians shall cross within crosswalks with due care.
No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride,
employment or business from the operator or occupant of any vehicle without
the written permission of the board or officer having control of such roadway
or highway.
These pedestrian control regulations shall be enforced by all officers
of the Town of Stoughton on and after April 1, 1967.
The provisions of these rules and regulations governing the use of ways
by pedestrians shall not apply to pedestrians actually engaged in work upon
roadways closed to travel or under construction or repair, to municipal, state,
federal or public service corporation employees while in the performance of
their duties, to officers engaged in the performance of their public duties
or to pedestrians acting in an emergency when such emergency necessitates
departure from any part of these rules and regulations.
Any person who violates the provisions of this article which deal with
the proper use of ways by pedestrians shall be punished as provided in MGL
c. 90, § 18A. Any person convicted of a violation of any other provision
of these regulations relative to the operation of a vehicle shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding $20 for each offense.