8-1533. Same; right-of-way at crosswalks; interference with vehicular traffic; duties of drivers.
8-1533
8-1533. Same; right-of-way at crosswalks; interference with vehicular
traffic; duties of drivers.
(a) When traffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation
the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or
stopping if need be to so 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, or when the pedestrian is approaching so
closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger.
(b) 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.
(c) Subsection (a) shall not apply under the conditions stated in
subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-1534.
(d) 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 such stopped vehicle.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1533; July 1.