A.
Pedestrians shall obey the directions of police officers
directing traffic.
B.
Whenever there is an officer directing traffic or
a traffic control signal within 300 feet of a pedestrian, no such
pedestrian shall cross a way or roadway except within the limits of
the marked crosswalk at the signalized location and as hereinafter
provided in this article.
C.
For the purpose of this article, a marked crosswalk
shall only be construed to be that area of a roadway reserved for
pedestrian crossing located between two solid white reflectorized
twelve-inch pavement markings in rural areas or markings not less
than six inches wide in urban areas. Such markings or lines shall
be no less than six feet apart.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-81; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-201)
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A.
At a traffic control signal location where pedestrian
indications are provided but which are shown only upon actuation by
means of a pedestrian push button, a pedestrian shall not cross a
roadway unless or until the pedestrian control signal push button
has been actuated and then shall cross only on the proper pedestrian
signal indication. At traffic control signal locations where no pedestrian
indication is provided, pedestrians shall cross only on the green
indication. If necessary, the green indication shall be actuated by
the pedestrian by means of a push button.
B.
At a traffic control signal location, pedestrians
shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles of a funeral or other procession
or authorized emergency vehicle while in performance of emergency
duties regardless of the signal indication given, and they shall not
attempt to cross the roadway until such vehicles or procession has
passed, at which time pedestrians shall then cross the roadway only
as provided in these regulations.
C.
It shall be unlawful for any person to actuate a pedestrian
control signal unless crossing of the roadway is intended.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-82; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-202)
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A.
Traffic control signal color indications and legends
shall have the commands ascribed to them in this section and no other
meanings, and every pedestrian shall comply therewith, except when
otherwise directed by an officer:
(1)
Red and yellow or the word "walk." Whenever the red
and yellow lenses are illuminated together or the single word "walk"
is illuminated, pedestrians facing such indication may proceed across
the roadway and in the direction of such signal only.
(2)
Red alone or "don't walk." Whenever the words "don't
walk" or any indication other than red and yellow shown together are
illuminated in a traffic control signal where pedestrian indications
are provided, pedestrians approaching or facing such indication shall
wait on the sidewalk, edge of roadway or in the pedestrian refuge
area of a traffic island and shall not enter upon or cross a roadway
until the proper indication is illuminated in the traffic control
signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed his/her crossing
on the "walk" indication shall proceed or return to the nearest sidewalk
or safety island on the yellow indication, the red indication or when
the words "don't walk" are illuminated by rapid intermittent flashes.
(3)
Green alone. At traffic control signal locations where
no pedestrian indication is given or provided, pedestrians facing
the signal may proceed across the roadway within any marked crosswalk
in the direction of the green indication.
(4)
Yellow alone, red alone or flashing "don't walk."
Pedestrians approaching or facing a yellow, red or flashing "don't
walk" illuminated indication shall not start to cross a roadway.
(5)
Flashing red, yellow or green. At any traffic control
signal location where a flashing red, flashing yellow or flashing
green indication is being given facing a crosswalk, pedestrians shall
actuate, where provided, the pedestrian signal indication and cross
the roadway only on the red-yellow or "walk" indication when such
indication is in operation.
B.
If no pedestrian signal is provided, pedestrians shall
cross within crosswalks with due care.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-83; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-203)
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A.
The provisions of this article shall not abrogate
the provisions of MGL c. 90, §§ 14 and 14A, which provide
precautions for safety of other travelers and for the protection of
blind persons crossing ways.
B.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, every
operator of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with
any pedestrian upon the roadway and shall give warning by sounding
the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precautions which
may become necessary for safe operation.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-84; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-204)
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The provisions of this article shall not apply
to pedestrians actually engaged in work upon a roadway closed to travel
or under construction or repair; to municipal, state, federal or public
service corporation employees while in the performance of their duties;
to officers engaged in the performance of their public duties; or
to pedestrians acting in an emergency when such emergency necessitates
departure from any part of this article.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-85; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-205)
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Any person who violates the provisions of this
article which deal with the proper use of ways by pedestrians shall
be punished as provided in MGL c. 90, § 18A.
(Rev. Ords. 1976, § 12-86; Rev. Ords.
1989, § 10-206)
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