North Dakota § 39-10-28 Pedestrian's right of way in crosswalk

North Dakota Statutes

§ 39-10-28 — Pedestrian's right of way in crosswalk

North Dakota § 39-10-28

Title 39Motor Vehicles

Ch. 39-10General Rules of the Road

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N.D. Cent. Code § 39-10-28 (2026).

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1.When traffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so 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 so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger.

2.No pedestrian may 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.

3.Subsection 1 does not apply under the conditions stated in subsection 2 of section

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1. When traffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation, the driver of a vehicle
shall yield the right of way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so 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 so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger.
2. No pedestrian may 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.
3. Subsection 1 does not apply under the conditions stated in subsection 2 of section