[Traf. Code §§ 6, 55; amended 1-7-2019 by Ord. No. 1977]
A. Except
as otherwise provided in this article, where traffic-control signals
are not in place or in operation, or traffic is being regulated by
a public safety officer, the driver of a vehicle shall stop and yield
the right-of-way to a pedestrian or bicyclist stopped at the curb,
curbline, or ramp leading to the crosswalk and to every pedestrian
and bicyclist crossing the roadway within 1) any marked crosswalk
or 2) within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection.
B. Whenever
any vehicle is stopped at either a marked crosswalk or an unmarked
crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian or bicyclist to
cross a roadway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching from
the rear shall not overtake and pass such stopped vehicle.
C. A pedestrian
or bicyclist shall stop at the curb, curbline, or ramp leading to
a crosswalk before entering the roadway. A pedestrian or bicyclist
shall not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk,
run, or ride into the path of a vehicle that is so close to the crosswalk
that it is difficult for the driver of the vehicle to yield.
D. Every
pedestrian or bicyclist crossing 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 oncoming vehicles upon the roadway.
E. A pedestrian
or bicyclist crossing a roadway shall yield the right-of-way to an
authorized emergency vehicle sounding an audible signal, unless engaged
in an emergency run in which silence is required and displaying a
flashing, oscillating, or rotating red or blue light.
[Traf. Code § 56]
Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable,
upon the right half of a crosswalk.
[Traf. Code § 57]
No pedestrian shall, except in a marked crosswalk,
cross a roadway at any other place than by a route at right angles
to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb. No pedestrian
shall cross diagonally from one corner to the other.
[Traf. Code § 55]
No pedestrian shall pass through, around, over
or under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing
or bridge while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened
or closed.
[Traf. Code § 59]
Where sidewalks are provided, it shall be unlawful
for pedestrians to walk upon an adjacent roadway. Where sidewalks
are not provided, pedestrians shall, when practicable, walk on the
left side of the roadway facing traffic which may approach from the
opposite direction.
[Traf. Code § 60]
No person shall stand on the roadway and solicit
a ride from the operators of vehicles, other than duly licensed taxicabs,
buses or other vehicles for hire. No operator shall stop his motor
vehicle for the purpose of providing transportation to any person,
except in areas where standing, stopping or parking is permitted.
[Traf. Code § 61]
Any driver of a vehicle who approaches within
10 feet of a person wholly or partially blind, carrying a cane or
walking stick which is white or white tipped with red, or being led
by a guide dog wearing a harness and walking on either side of or
slightly in front of such blind person, shall immediately come to
a full stop and take such precautions before proceeding as may be
necessary to avoid accident or injury to the person wholly or partially
blind.
[Traf. Code § 44]
No motor vehicle operator shall recklessly,
willfully, wantonly or carelessly operate his vehicle in such manner
as to splash snow, rain, water, mud, dirt or debris on any person
then upon or near a sidewalk or crosswalk.