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(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, trackless trolley, or streetcar shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield or if required by Section 413.11, 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, trackless trolley, or streetcar which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.
(c) Division (a) of this section does not apply under the conditions stated division (b) of Section 471.03.
(d) Whenever any vehicle, trackless trolley, or streetcar 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, trackless trolley, or streetcar approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.
(RC 4511.46; Ord. No. 657-17. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)
(a) As used in this section, “blind person” or “blind pedestrian” means a person having not more than twenty/two hundred (20/200) visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses or visual acuity greater than twenty/two hundred (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 (20) 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.
(RC 4511.47; Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
(a) 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, trackless trolleys, or streetcars upon the roadway.
(b) Any 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 traffic upon the roadway.
(c) Between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk.
(d) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally unless authorized by official traffic control devices; and, when authorized to cross diagonally, pedestrians shall cross only in accordance with the official traffic control devices pertaining to such crossing movements.
(e) This section does not relieve the operator of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley from exercising due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway.
(RC 4511.48; Ord. No. 657-17. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)
Every person operating a motorized wheelchair or an Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device shall have all of the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian that are contained in this chapter, except those provisions which by their nature can have no application.
(Ord. No. 1869-04. Passed 12-13-04, eff. 12-17-04)
(a) Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.
(b) Where a sidewalk is not available, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk only on a shoulder, as far as practicable from the edge of the roadway.
(c) Where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk as near as practicable to an outside edge of the roadway, and, if on a two (2) way roadway, shall walk only on the left side of the roadway.
(RC 4511.50; Ord. No. 657-17. Passed 10-16-17, eff. 10-20-17)
(a) No person while on a roadway outside a safety zone shall solicit a ride from the driver of any vehicle. This division does not apply in the case of emergency or when the solicitation is due to the person engaging transportation for hire.
(b) No person shall stand on a street or highway, or on any other portion of the right-of-way, including the berm, treelawn, shoulder, and sidewalk, and repeatedly stop, beckon to, or attempt to stop vehicular traffic by hailing, waving arms, or making other bodily gestures.
This division shall not be construed to prohibit a person from stopping, beckoning to, or attempting to stop vehicles due to emergency, or to warn drivers of danger, or to engage transportation or hire.
(c) No person shall hang onto, or ride on the outside of any motor vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley while it is moving upon a roadway, except mechanics or test engineers making repairs or adjustments, or workers performing specialized highway or street maintenance or construction under the authority of a public agency.
(d) No operator shall knowingly permit any person to hang onto, or ride on the outside of any motor vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley while it is moving upon a roadway, except mechanics or test engineers making repairs or adjustments, or workers performing specialized highway or street maintenance or construction under the authority of a public agency.
(e) No driver of a truck, trailer, or semitrailer shall knowingly permit any person who has not attained the age of sixteen (16) years to ride in the unenclosed or unroofed cargo storage area of his or her vehicle if the vehicle is traveling faster than twenty-five (25) miles per hour, unless either of the following applies:
(1) The cargo storage area of the vehicle is equipped with a properly secured seat to which is attached a seat safety belt that is in compliance with federal standards for an occupant restraining device as defined in division (A)(2) of RC 4513.263, the seat and seat safety belt were installed at the time the vehicle was originally assembled, and the person riding in the cargo storage area is in the seat and is wearing the seat safety belt;
(2) An emergency exists that threatens the life of the driver or the person being transported in the cargo storage area of the truck, trailer, or semitrailer.
(f) No driver of a truck, trailer, or semitrailer shall permit any person, except for those workers performing specialized highway or street maintenance or construction under authority of a public agency, to ride in the cargo storage area or on a tailgate of his or her vehicle while the tailgate is unlatched.
(g) No person shall leave or enter a vehicle that is in motion except in an emergency necessitating such action.
(h) As used in this section, "street" or "highway" have the same meaning as in division (BB) of RC Section 4511.01.
(i) Whoever violates division (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on the first offense, a misdemeanor of the third degree on the second offense, and a misdemeanor of the first degree on the third and each subsequent offense. Whoever violates any other division of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on the first offense; a misdemeanor of the fourth degree on a second offense; and a misdemeanor of the third degree on the third and each subsequent offense.
(RC 4511.51; Ord. No. 593-17. Passed 6-5-17, eff. 6-7-17)
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