Ridgecrest Municipal Code § 15-243 Crossing at right angles

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State Law reference— Pedestrians' rights and duties, Vehicle Code § 21949 et seq.

Except where otherwise indicated by a crosswalk or other official traffic control devices, a pedestrian shall cross a roadway at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb.

(Code 1980, § 4-1.1001; Ord. No. 89-10, § 2)

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway other than in a crosswalk, marked or unmarked, upon any of the designated through streets.

(Code 1980, § 4-1.1002; Ord. No. 89-10, § 2)

(a) The city council shall establish, by resolution, crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway where, in its opinion, there is particular danger to pedestrians crossing the roadway.

(b) The traffic engineer may install signs at or adjacent to an intersection in respect to any crosswalk directing that pedestrians shall not cross in the crosswalk so indicated.

(Code 1980, § 4-1.1003; Ord. No. 89-10, § 2)

State Law reference— Authority to establish crosswalks, Vehicle Code § 21106.