§ 31-5-602 — Right-of-way in crosswalks

Wyoming § 31-5-602

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 31: Motor Vehicles
• Ch. 5: REGULATION OF TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS
• Art. 6: PEDESTRIANS' RIGHTS AND DUTIES

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(a) When traffic-control signals are not in place or not
in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the
right-of-way by slowing down or stopping if need be to yield, to
any pedestrian within or entering a crosswalk at either edge of
the roadway.
(b) When traffic-control signals are not in place or not
in operation at a school crosswalk, the driver of a vehicle
shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian within or
entering a school crosswalk at either edge of the roadway by
slowing down or stopping.
(c) 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.
(d) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply under
the conditions stated in W.S. 31-5-603(b).
(e) Whenever any vehicle is 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.