46.2-924 - Drivers to stop for pedestrians; installation of certain signs; penalty.
§ 46.2-924. Drivers to stop for pedestrians; installation of certain signs;penalty.
A. The driver of any vehicle on a highway shall yield the right-of-way to anypedestrian crossing such highway:
1. At any clearly marked crosswalk, whether at mid-block or at the end of anyblock;
2. At any regular pedestrian crossing included in the prolongation of thelateral boundary lines of the adjacent sidewalk at the end of a block;
3. At any intersection when the driver is approaching on a highway or streetwhere the legal maximum speed does not exceed 35 miles per hour.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of this section, atintersections or crosswalks where the movement of traffic is being regulatedby law-enforcement officers or traffic control devices, the driver shallyield according to the direction of the law-enforcement officer or device.
No pedestrian shall enter or cross an intersection in disregard ofapproaching traffic.
The drivers of vehicles entering, crossing, or turning at intersections shallchange their course, slow down, or stop if necessary to permit pedestrians tocross such intersections safely and expeditiously.
Pedestrians crossing highways at intersections shall at all times have theright-of-way over vehicles making turns into the highways being crossed bythe pedestrians.
C. The governing body of Arlington County, Fairfax County, the City ofFairfax, the County of Loudoun and any town therein, and the City ofAlexandria, may by ordinance provide for the installation and maintenance ofhighway signs at marked crosswalks specifically requiring operators of motorvehicles, at the locations where such signs are installed, to yield theright-of-way to pedestrians crossing or attempting to cross the highway. Anyoperator of a motor vehicle who fails at such locations to yield theright-of-way to pedestrians as required by such signs shall be guilty of atraffic infraction punishable by a fine of no less than $100 or more than$500. The Commonwealth Transportation Board shall develop criteria for thedesign, location, and installation of such signs. The provisions of thissection shall not apply to any limited access highway.
(Code 1950, §§ 46-243, 46-244; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-231; 1962, c. 471; 1968,c. 165; 1972, c. 576; 1976, c. 322; 1989, c. 727; 2000, c. 323; 2002, c. 327;2004, c. 658; 2007, c. 813.)