8-1537


Chapter 8.--AUTOMOBILES AND OTHER VEHICLES


Article 15.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; RULES OF THE ROAD

     
8-1537.   Same; use of roadways.
(a) Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, it shall be
unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.

     
(b)   Where a sidewalk is not available, any pedestrian walking along and
upon a highway shall walk only on a shoulder, as far as practicable from
the edge of the roadway.

     
(c)   Where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, any pedestrian
walking along and upon a highway shall walk as near as practicable to an
outside edge of the roadway, and, if on a two-way roadway, shall walk only
on the left side of the roadway.

     
(d)   Except as otherwise provided in this article, any pedestrian upon a
roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.

     
History:   L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1537; July 1.