CHAPTER 10.40
PEDESTRIANS

Sections:

10.40.010    Signal compliance.

10.40.020    Crosswalk movement.

10.40.030    Duties.

10.40.040    Operators to exercise due care.

10.40.010 Signal compliance.

Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic control signals as declared in this title and RCW 46.60.240, but at all other places pedestrians shall be granted those rights and be subject to the restrictions stated in this chapter. (Ord 215 §53, 1952)

10.40.020 Crosswalk movement.

Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks. (Ord 215 §54, 1952)

10.40.030 Duties.

A. Pedestrians shall not step into that portion of the street open to moving traffic at any point between intersections in the central business district, in any business. district, on any arterial highway, or between adjacent intersections on streets protected by stop signs., except at marked crosswalks or other places specially provided.

B. Pedestrians shall not cross street intersections diagonally.

C. Pedestrians crossing a roadway other than at intersection crosswalks shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (Ord 215 §55, 1952)

10.40.040 Operators to exercise due care.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this chapter, every operator of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise special precaution upon observing any child or any confused or incapacitated person upon a roadway. (Ord 215 §56, 1952)