CHAPTER 416
Pedestrians

416.01   Duties of pedestrians and drivers at crosswalks. 

416.02   Right of way of blind person.

416.03   Right of way yielded by pedestrian; crossing  roadways.

416.04   Moving in crosswalks.

416.05   Walking on sidewalks and streets.

416.06   Soliciting rides or business; riding on outside of vehicle or in cargo storage area.

416.07   Passing through bridge signals or railroad barriers.

416.08   Right of way of public safety  vehicles.

416.09   Right of way on sidewalks.

416.10   Intoxication.

416.11   Running or jogging on streets.

416.12   Motorized wheelchair operators.

416.13   Electric personal assisistve mobility device.

416.99   Penalty.

CROSS REFERENCES

         See section histories for similar State law

         Pedestrians prohibited on freeways - see TRAF. 412.05

         Obedience to traffic control devices - see TRAF. 414.01

         Pedestrian control signals - see TRAF. 414.05

         Opening doors on side available to traffic - see TRAF. 452.07

416.01 DUTIES OF PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS AT CROSSWALKS.

   (a)    When traffic control signals are not in place, not in operation or are not clearly assigning the right of way, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield or if required by Section 432.155, 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.

   (b)    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 as to constitute an immediate hazard.

   (c)    Subsection (a) hereof does not apply under the conditions stated in Section 416.03 (b).

   (d)    Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.

   (e)   If the offender commits the offense while distracted and the distracting activity is a contributing factor to the commission of the offense, the offender is subject to the additional fine established under Section 404.991 of the Traffic Code.  (ORC 4511.46)

416.02 RIGHT OF WAY OF BLIND PERSON.

   (a)    As used in this section "blind person" or "blind pedestrian" means a person having not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses or visual acuity greater than 20/200 but with a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees. The driver of every vehicle shall yield the right of way to every blind pedestrian guided by a guide dog, or carrying a cane which is predominantly white or metallic in color, with or without a red tip.

   (b)    No person, other than a blind person, while on any public highway, street, alley or other public thoroughfare shall carry a white or metallic cane, with or without a red tip.

(Ord. 1973-104. Passed 9-17-73.)

   (c)   If the offender commits the offense while distracted and the distracting activity is a contributing factor to the commission of the offense, the offender is subject to the additional fine established under Section 404.991 of the Traffic Code.  (ORC 4511.47)