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SEC. 237.   PEDESTRIANS RIGHT OF WAY.
237.   PEDESTRIANS RIGHT OF WAY.Where traffic-control signals are not in place or 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 any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except as otherwise provided in this ordinance. The scheduled fine is $100.00. [Ref. Iowa Code §321.327]
SEC. 238.   CROSSING AT OTHER THAN CROSSWALK.
238.   CROSSING AT OTHER THAN CROSSWALK.Every pedestrian crossing a street or highway in this City 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 upon the roadway. 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 vehicles upon the roadway. Where traffic-control signals are in operation at any place not an intersection pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk. [Ref. Iowa Code §321.328]
SEC. 239.   DUTY OF DRIVER--PEDESTRIANS CROSSING OR WORKING ON HIGHWAYS.
239.   DUTY OF DRIVER--PEDESTRIANS CROSSING OR WORKING ON HIGHWAYS.Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 238, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise due care upon observing any child or any confused or incapacitated person upon a roadway.
Every driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way to pedestrian workers engaged in maintenance or construction work on a highway whenever the driver is notified of the presence of such workers by a flagman or a warning sign.
[Ref. Iowa Code §321.329]
SEC. 240.   PROHIBITED CROSSING.
240.   PROHIBITED CROSSING.Pedestrians crossing a street in the business district shall cross in the crosswalks only.
SEC . 241.   PEDESTRIANS ON LEFT.
241.   PEDESTRIANS ON LEFT.Where sidewalks are provided, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway. Where sidewalks are not provided, pedestrians shall at all times when walking on or along a roadway walk on the left side of such roadway. [Ref. Iowa Code §321.326]
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