Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic control signals as heretofore declared in Sections
315.060 and
315.070 of this Title, but at all other places pedestrians shall be granted those rights and be subject to the restrictions stated in this Chapter.
Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right
half (½) of crosswalks.
No pedestrian shall cross a 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.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Title, every
driver of a vehicle shall exercise the highest degree of care to avoid
colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway and shall give warning
by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution
upon observing any child or any confused or incapacitated person upon
a roadway.
[Code 1962 §18-271; CC 1979 §16-258; Ord. No. 973 §1, 10-4-1977]
No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting
a ride, employment or business from the occupant of any vehicle.
[Code 1962 18-273; CC 1979 §16-260; Ord. No. 973 §1, 10-4-1977]
Pedestrians intending to cross the streets upon the Neosho Public
Square or at any point within two (2) blocks of the Neosho Public
Square or within one (1) block of any public school shall do so at
marked crosswalks or at street intersections only.
The driver of a vehicle approaching a blind or visually handicapped,
deaf or partially deaf person or physically disabled person who is
carrying a cane predominantly white or metallic in color, with or
without a red tip, or using a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog
shall yield to such blind pedestrian, and any driver who fails to
take such precautions shall be liable in damages for any injury caused
such pedestrian; provided that a totally or partially blind pedestrian
not carrying such cane or using a guide dog, hearing dog or service
dog in any of the places, accommodations or conveyances listed in
Section 209.150, RSMo., shall have all of the rights and privileges
conferred by law upon other persons.