• 1995 - Pedestrian on Roadway
  • C-16.16
    • Pedestrian
    • Tort Liability
    • Tort Liability
  • Where a sidewalk is provided adjacent to the roadway and it is practical to use the sidewalk, it is unlawful for a pedestrian to walk along and upon the roadway.

     

    Where there is no sidewalk but there is a shoulder, a pedestrian walking along and upon a highway must walk on a shoulder, as far as practical from the edge of the roadway.

     

    Where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, a pedestrian walking along and upon a highway must walk as near as practical to an outside edge of the roadway. If it is a two-way roadway, a pedestrian must walk on the left side of the roadway.

     

    [Except as otherwise provided in these instructions,] a pedestrian upon a roadway must yield the right-of-way to all vehicles on the roadway.

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    • 39-01-01
    • 39-01-01
    • 39-10-33.1
  • Notes: See NDCC 39-01-01 for definitions of roadway and highway.