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(A) 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. However, no pedestrian shall suddenly 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. A pedestrian’s right-of-way in a crosswalk is modified under the conditions as stated in § 74.06(B).
(IC 9-21-17-5)
(B) 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 such stopped vehicle.
(IC 9-21-17-6)
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 74.99
Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks.
(IC 9-21-17-11) (Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 74.99
(A) A pedestrian crossing a roadway at a 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.
(IC 9-21-17-7)
(B) A pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
(IC 9-21-17-8)
(C) The foregoing rules in this section have no application under the conditions stated in § 74.03, when pedestrians are prohibited from crossing at certain designated places.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 74.99
(A) If a sidewalk is provided and the sidewalk’s use is practicable, a pedestrian may not walk along and upon an adjacent highway.
(IC 9-21-17-12)
(B) If a sidewalk is not available, a pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk only on a shoulder, as far as practicable from the edge of the roadway.
(IC 9-21-17-13)
(C) If neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, a pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk as near as practicable to an outside edge of the roadway. If roadway is two-way, the pedestrian shall walk only on the left side of the roadway.
(IC 9-21-17-14)
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 74.99
(A) A person may not stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from a person who drives a vehicle unless the person soliciting a ride is faced with an emergency on the roadway, in which case the person may secure a ride to obtain assistance.
(IC 9-21-17-16)
(B) A person may not stand on a highway for the purpose of soliciting employment or business from the occupant of a vehicle.
(IC 9-21-17-17)
(C) 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 that is parked or about to be parked on a street or roadway.
(IC 9-21-17-18)
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 74.99
Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway, shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary, and shall exercise proper precaution when observing any child or any confused or incapacitated person upon a roadway.
(Ord. 306, passed 4-8-81) Penalty, see § 74.99
(A) Any pedestrian violating any of t set forth the name of the owner of the property, the correct legal description of the property, a brief summary of the violation, a statement that the applicable surcharge, or surcharges, as the case may be, depending upon which is applicable, is assessed against the user and the property, and a statement that the violation of this section, as amended from time to time, is a continuing one until the property is brought into compliance. Any subsequent purchaser of the property described in the notice of violation shall take title subject to such violation and shall be responsible for compliance with the terms of the sections set out therein and the payment of any surcharges due by reason of such violations.
(1) First violation shall be a minimum fine not less than $25.
(2) Second violation shall be a minimum fine not less than $50.
(3) Third and subsequent violation shall be a minimum fine not less than $75.
(B) Within 15 days after a user, who has had a notice of violation of town ordinance recorded against property in violation of
(Am. Ord. 986, passed 3-6-07)