§ 72.02. PEDESTRIANS' RIGHT-OF-WAY IN CROSSWALK.


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  • (A) Except as provided in IC 9-21-17-8, when traffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation, a person who drives a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if necessary to yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching closely from the opposite half of the roadway.
    (IC 9-21-8-36)
    (B) Whenever a vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, a person who drives another vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.
    (IC 9-21-17-6) (Am. Ord. 20, 2008, passed 11-3-2008)