Chapter 10.64
PEDESTRIANS
Sections:
10.64.010 Subject to traffic-control devices.
10.64.020 Crosswalk use.
10.64.030 Responsibility.
10.64.040 Obedience to bridge and railroad signals required.
10.64.050 Due care by drivers.
10.64.060 Soliciting ride – Where prohibited.
10.64.070 Soliciting ride – Limited access facility.
10.64.080 Soliciting ride – Emergency.
10.64.090 Soliciting employment.
10.64.100 Watching or guarding vehicle.
10.64.010 Subject to traffic-control devices.
Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic-control signals as declared in RCW 46.61.230, 46.61.235, 46.61.240 and 46.61.245, but at all other places pedestrians shall be granted those rights and be subject to the restrictions stated in this chapter. (Ord. 282 § 49, 1968).
10.64.020 Crosswalk use.
Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks. (Ord. 282 § 50, 1968).
10.64.030 Responsibility.
(1) 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 of streets protected by stop signs, except at marked crosswalks or other places specially provided.
(2) Pedestrians shall not cross street intersections diagonally except at such signalized intersections that provide for a pedestrian all-walk phase.
(3) Pedestrians crossing a roadway other than at intersection crosswalks shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway. (Ord. 282 § 51, 1968).
10.64.040 Obedience to bridge and railroad signals required.
(1) Reserved.
(2) 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. (Ord. 282 § 52, 1968).
10.64.050 Due care by drivers.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this chapter, every driver 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. 288 § 2, 1968; Ord. 282 § 53, 1968).
10.64.060 Soliciting ride – Where prohibited.
No person shall stand in or on a public roadway or alongside thereof at any place where a motor vehicle cannot safely stop off the main traveled portion thereof for the purpose of soliciting a ride for himself or for another from the occupant of any vehicle. (Ord. 405 § 1, 1973).
10.64.070 Soliciting ride – Limited access facility.
It is unlawful for any person to solicit a ride for himself or another from within the right-of-way of any limited access facility except in such areas where permission to do so is given and posted by the highway authority of the state, county or city having jurisdiction over the highway. (Ord. 405 § 2, 1973).
10.64.080 Soliciting ride – Emergency.
The provisions of SMC 10.64.060 and 10.64.070 shall not be construed to prevent a person upon a public highway from soliciting, or a driver of a vehicle from giving, a ride where an emergency actually exists, nor to prevent a person from signaling or requesting transportation from a passenger carrier for the purpose of becoming a passenger thereon for hire. (Ord. 405 § 3, 1973).
10.64.090 Soliciting employment.
No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting employment or business from the occupant of any vehicle. (Ord. 405 § 4, 1973)
10.64.100 Watching or guarding vehicle.
No person shall stand on or in proximity to a street or highway for the purpose of soliciting the watching or guarding of any vehicle while parked or about to be parked on a street or highway. (Ord. 405 § 5, 1973).