Are there any laws governing jogging/walking on city streets?
I live in the Summerlin area which is blessed with many parks and paved trails, as well as extremely wide sidewalks. It seems to be the growing trend to jog in the streets — sometimes pushing baby strollers, while less than 10 feet away are eight foot wide sidewalks. Considering the reputation of Las Vegas drivers, this seems like an extremely unsafe thing to be doing. Nevada Revised Statute 484.331 states that it is unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along or on a roadway when a sidewalk is provided. Now if there is no sidewalk, section 2 of the statute states pedestrians must walk in the direction facing approaching traffic. Let’s be clear, just because it’s against the law doesn’t mean we can go out and start running over joggers with our SUVs. Clark County code 14.36.040 states, “every driver of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway and shall give warning by sounding the horn when necessary and shall exercise proper precaution u
