Virginia Crosswalk Laws
Virginia Crosswalk Laws
No pedestrian shall enter or cross an intersection in disregard of approaching traffic. The drivers of vehicles entering, crossing, or turning at intersections shall change their course, slow down, or stop if necessary to permit pedestrians to cross such intersections safely and expeditiously.
Drivers of any vehicle in Virginia on a highway shall always yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing such a highway:
- At any clearly marked crosswalk, whether at mid-block or at the end of any block;
- At any regular pedestrian crossing, including in the prolongation of the lateral boundary lines of the adjacent sidewalk at the end of a block;
- At any intersection when a driver is approaching on a highway or street where the legal maximum speed does not exceed thirty-five miles per hour.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, at intersections or crosswalks where the movement of traffic is being regulated by law enforcement officers or traffic control devices the driver shall yield according to the direction of the law enforcement officer or device.
No pedestrian shall enter or cross an intersection in disregard of approaching traffic.
The drivers of vehicles entering, crossing, or turning at intersections shall change their course, slow down, or stop if necessary to permit pedestrians to cross such intersections safely and expeditiously.
Pedestrians crossing highways at intersections shall at all times have the right-of-way over vehicles making turns into highways being crossed by the pedestrians.
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