No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb, except in a crosswalk.
(1998 Code, § 118-141) Penalty, see § 10.99
For the purpose of guarding against accidents in traffic on the public streets, it shall be unlawful for any person, except persons wholly or partially blind, to carry or use on the public streets of the city any canes or walking sticks which are white in color or white with a red end or bottom.
(1998 Code, § 118-142) Penalty, see § 10.99
Any driver of a vehicle, operator of a motor-driven vehicle or pedestrian who is not wholly or partially blind who approaches or comes in contact with a person wholly or partially blind, carrying a cane or walking stick white in color or white with red end, shall yield the right-of-way to the person and take such precautions before proceeding as may be necessary to avoid accident or injury to the person so carrying a white cane or walking stick.
(1998 Code, § 118-143) Penalty, see § 10.99
Statutory reference:
Similar provisions, see Tex. Human Resources Code § 121.007(a)(b)
(A) All crossings by any pedestrian of any intersection within the corporate limits of the city shall be made within the crosswalk of the intersection.
(B) It shall be lawful for a pedestrian to cross a street at any place other than an intersection; but, when any crossing is made or being made by any pedestrian, he or she shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the street approaching the place of crossing and in proximity thereto. It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to cause any vehicle to stop or for the pedestrian to cause any interference with the movements of any vehicle by reason of crossing at that place.
(1998 Code, § 118-144) Penalty, see § 10.99