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Sec. 11-118. - Applicability of regulations.#
Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic control signals at intersections, but at all other places, pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and shall be subject to the restrictions stated in this article.
(Code 1970, § 11-89; Comp. Ords. ch. 42, § 15)
State Law reference— Similar provisions, G.L. 1956, § 31-18-1.
Sec. 11-119. - Right-of-way in crosswalks.#
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; but 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.
(Code 1970, § 11-90; Comp. Ords. ch. 42, § 14)
State Law reference— Similar provisions, G.L. 1956, § 31-18-3.
Sec. 11-120. - Crossing other than at crosswalks.#
Every pedestrian 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 vehicles upon the roadway.
(Code 1970, § 11-91; Comp. Ords. ch. 42, § 14)
State Law reference— Similar provisions, G.L. 1956, § 31-18-5.
Sec. 11-121. - Hitchhiking.#
No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of any vehicle.
(Code 1970, § 11-92; Comp. Ords. ch. 42, § 16)
State Law reference— Similar provisions, G.L. 1956, § 31-18-12.