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It shall be unlawful for any person to carry or use upon the public highways of the City any cane or walking stick of white or white with red end or bottom, except blind or partially blind persons who may use them for the purpose of identifying themselves to the operators of vehicles, pedestrians and other persons.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
Any driver or operator of any vehicle, or any pedestrian who approaches any blind, or partially blind person carrying a cane or walking stick, white in color, with red end or bottom, shall immediately come to a full stop and take such precautions as may be necessary to avoid accident or injury to such blind person.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
Statutory reference:
Right-of-way of persons carrying white canes, see MCLA 752.52
(a) Where traffic signals are not in place or in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if necessary, to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection.
(b) Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked or 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.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950)
(a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked or unmarked crosswalk, at an intersection, shall yield the right-of- way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
(b) Between adjacent intersections at which traffic-control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in the crosswalk.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway, and shall exercise proper precautions upon observing any child or person on the roadway.
(Ord. 894, passed 1-5-1950; Ord. 1398, passed 9-30-1957)
ARTICLE XIII. ACCIDENTS
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