Crossing the Road

Where traffic signals are not in place or not working, a driver stops and yields to a pedestrian crossing within a crosswalk on the driver's half of the road or the road being turned onto. A driver does not pass another vehicle stopped at a crosswalk to let someone cross.

• §La. R.S. 32:212StatutePedestrians right-of-way in crosswalksOpens legis.la.gov ↗

• A pedestrian does not suddenly leave the curb into the path of a vehicle too close to yield.
• A pedestrian crossing anywhere but a marked or unmarked crosswalk yields to all vehicles on the road.
• Between two intersections with working signals, a pedestrian crosses only in a marked crosswalk.

• §La. R.S. 32:212StatutePedestrians right-of-way in crosswalksOpens legis.la.gov ↗
• §La. R.S. 32:213StatuteCrossing at other than crosswalksOpens legis.la.gov ↗

Whatever the other rules, every driver exercises due care to avoid hitting any pedestrian, sounds the horn when necessary, and takes proper precaution on seeing a child or a confused or incapacitated person on the road.

• §La. R.S. 32:214StatuteDrivers to exercise due careOpens legis.la.gov ↗