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urn: urn:us-la:rs:32:212
citation: "R.S. 32:212"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 32 › Chapter 1 › Part IV › Subpart H"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1962, number: 310, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 2011, number: 244, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
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# Pedestrians right-of-way in crosswalks

A. When traffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall stop and yield the right-of-way, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling or the roadway onto which the vehicle is turning.

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 that it is impossible for the driver to yield.

C. 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 such stopped vehicle.

D. Subsection A of this Section shall not apply where the pedestrian is crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided.