How are crosswalks marked?
Crosswalks are designated by surface markings, including lines, on the roadway. Crosswalks are also present at intersections, although they are not always marked. Who has the right of way at a marked crosswalk – a pedestrian or a vehicle? Generally, the pedestrian. The law requires vehicular traffic, on the half of the roadway on which a pedestrian is using a crosswalk, to yield the right of way to the pedestrian. Additionally, vehicular traffic on the opposite side of the roadway, going in the opposite direction, must yield the right of way to the pedestrian once the pedestrian reaches a point in the crosswalk where he or she is in such proximity to that half of the roadway, as to be in danger. A pedestrian may not, however, leave a sidewalk or other place of safety and enter onto a crosswalk and into the path of a vehicle that is so close that it is impossible for the vehicle to stop. Essentially, when the pedestrian is in the crosswalk, vehicles must yield the right of way to the pe
