[CC 1976 §33-327]
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.
[Ord. No. 814 §17, 8-2-1960; CC 1976 §33-328]
A. 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 need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within
a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon
which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching
so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger.
B. 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 that it is
impossible for the driver to yield.
C. Subsection
(A) shall not apply under the conditions stated in Subsection
(B) of Section
345.050.
D. Whenever
any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked crosswalk
at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the
driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake
and pass such stopped vehicle.
[CC 1976 §33-329]
Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right
half (½) of crosswalks.
[CC 1976 §33-330]
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.
[Ord. No. 814 §17, 8-2-1960; CC 1976 §33-335]
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.
[CC 1976 §33-336]
No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting
a ride from the driver of any vehicle.