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  2. Crosswalks in North America - Wikipedia

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    State road rules in the United States usually require a driver to yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing a road when the pedestrian crosses at a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk. [2] In some states and cities with jaywalking laws, pedestrians may be restricted from crossing except at a crosswalk and only when the WALK signal ...

  3. Do pedestrians have to clear the road before you enter the ...

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    California Vehicle Code section 21950 says pedestrians generally have the right of way when crossing the street at an intersection, whether or not there’s a marked crosswalk. Drivers approaching ...

  4. Pedestrian crossing - Wikipedia

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    Crossing laws vary between different states and provinces and sometimes at the local level. [41] All U.S. states require vehicles to yield to a pedestrian who has entered a marked crosswalk, and in most states crosswalks exist at all intersections meeting at approximately right angles, whether they are marked or not. [41] [42]

  5. Starting next year you could be fined for parking within 20 ...

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    Assembly Bill 413, or California's "daylighting" law, went into effect in 2024 and prohibits drivers from stopping, standing or parking their car within 20 feet of a crosswalk and 15 feet of a ...

  6. Jaywalking - Wikipedia

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    Sign prohibiting jaywalking in Singapore's Orchard Road. Jaywalking is the act of pedestrians walking in or crossing a roadway if that act contravenes traffic regulations. The term originated in the United States as a derivation of the phrase jay-drivers (the word jay meaning 'a greenhorn, or rube' [1]), people who drove horse-drawn carriages and automobiles on the wrong side of the road ...

  7. Rules of the Road: Colored crosswalks highlight the tenuous ...

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    States adopt the MUTCD (sometimes with some changes) as state law. Some cities permit, and even encourage neighborhoods (with proper permits) to paint art in crosswalks and intersections.

  8. Crossing against the light? You won't get ticketed now that ...

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    It also allows for crossing against traffic signals and specifically states that doing so is no longer a violation of the city’s administrative code. But the new law also warns that pedestrians crossing outside of a crosswalk do not have the right of way and that they should yield to other traffic that has the right of way.

  9. Non-motorized access on freeways - Wikipedia

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    A warning sign advising motorists to share the road with bicyclists on I-5 in California. Most U.S. States with low population densities commonly permit bicycle use on interstate freeways outside urban areas. Additionally, some states permit bicycle use on at least some interstate routes specially designated to accommodate bikes.