Rolling Hills Municipal Code Ch. 10.40 Pedestrians

A. The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except as otherwise provided in this title.

B. The provisions of this section shall not relieve a pedestrian from the duty of using due care for his or her safety. No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. No pedestrian shall unnecessarily stop or delay traffic while in a marked or unmarked crosswalk.

C. The provisions of subsection B of this section shall not relieve a driver of a vehicle from the duty of exercising due care for the safety of any pedestrian within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996: Ord. 116 § 16000, 1973).

Whenever any vehicle has stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996: Ord. 116 § 16001, 1973).

A. Every pedestrian upon a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway so near as to constitute an immediate hazard.

B. The provisions of this section shall not relieve the driver of a vehicle from the duty to exercise due care for the safety of any pedestrian upon a roadway.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996: Ord. 116 § 16002, 1973).

No pedestrian shall walk upon any roadway otherwise than close to his left-hand edge of the road.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996: Ord. 116 § 16003, 1973).

No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of any vehicle.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996: Ord. 116 § 16004, 1973).

The City Manager shall establish, designate and maintain crosswalks at intersections and other places by appropriate devices, marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway where he determines that there is particular hazard to pedestrians crossing, or as directed by action of the City Council.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996: Ord. 116 § 16005, 1973).

All persons running or jogging on any roadway in the City shall run in single file, one behind the other, as closely as possible to his or her left-hand edge of the roadway.

(Ord. 261 § 1(part), 1996: Ord. 185 § 1, 1981).