371.01 Duties of pedestrians and drivers at crosswalks.
371.02 Right-of-way of blind person.
371.03 Right-of-way yielded by pedestrian; crossing roadways.
371.04 Moving in crosswalks.
371.05 Walking on sidewalks and streets.
371.06 Soliciting rides or business; riding on outside of vehicle or in cargo storage area.
371.07 Passing through bridge signals or railroad barriers.
371.08 Right-of-way of public safety vehicles.
371.09 Right-of-way on sidewalks.
371.10 Intoxication.
371.11 Motorized wheelchair operators.
371.12 Operation of electric personal assistive mobility devices.
371.13 Operation of personal delivery device on sidewalks and crosswalks.
371.14 Low-speed micromobility devices.
371.99 Penalty.
CROSS REFERENCES
See section histories for similar State law
Pedestrians prohibited on freeways - see TRAF. 303.06
Obedience to traffic control devices - see TRAF. 313.01
Pedestrian control signals - see TRAF. 313.05
Opening doors on side available to traffic - see TRAF. 351.08
(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 Ohio R.C. 4511.132 or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance, 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) Division (a) of this section does not apply under the conditions stated in Ohio R.C. 4511.48(B), or a substantially equivalent municipal ordinance.
(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) Except as otherwise provided in this division, whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to one predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. If, within one year of the offense, the offender previously has been convicted of two or more predicate motor vehicle or traffic offenses, whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
(f) 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 R.C. § 4511.991.
(R.C. § 4511.46)
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