What are the rights of a pedestrian under Illinois law?
Illinois law grants pedestrians the right-of-way at all crosswalks. Drivers of a car or truck must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within a crosswalk, slowing down or stopping if needed to 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. A car or truck driver must also slow or stop his vehicle as needed when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger. The obligation of a driver of a car or truck to slow or stop his vehicle in response to a pedestrian does not apply when the pedestrian is crossing between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are in operation. Illinois law provides that no pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a moving vehicle which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. This applies even when a crosswalk is present. Illino
