[R.O. 2009 § 345.010]
Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic control signals as heretofore declared in Sections
315.060 and
315.070 of this Title, but at all other places pedestrians shall be granted those rights and be subject to the restrictions stated in this Chapter.
[R.O. 2009 § 345.030]
Pedestrians shall move, whenever
practicable, upon the right-half of crosswalks.
[R.O. 2009 § 345.040]
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.
[R.O. 2009 § 345.080; Ord. No. 4266, 9-22-2022]
A. Except as may otherwise be provided in this Chapter
345 and subject to Section
205.720, (prohibiting obstructing any sidewalk or street), people along roadways shall abide by the following safety rules:
1. Where sidewalks are provided, it shall be unlawful for any person
to walk along and upon, operate a wheelchair/electric wheelchair,
stand upon, or sit in an adjacent roadway at any time.
2. Where sidewalks are not provided, any person walking along and upon
or operating a wheelchair/electric wheelchair upon a roadway shall,
when practicable, do so only along the left side of the roadway or
its shoulder facing traffic which may approach from the opposite direction.
[R.O. 2009 § 345.090]
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this Title, every driver of a vehicle shall exercise the highest
degree of care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway
and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall
exercise proper precaution upon observing any child or any confused
or incapacitated person upon a roadway.
[R.O. 2009 § 345.100]
The operator of a motor vehicle overtaking a bicycle proceeding in the same direction on the roadway, as defined in Section
300.010, shall leave a safe distance when passing the bicycle, and shall maintain clearance until safely past the overtaken bicycle.