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I don't know what country you live in but, in Arizona it is different: http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/pedestrian-crossing-50-state-summary.aspx ht

I don't know what country you live in but, in Arizona it is different: http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/pedestrian-crossing-50-state-summary.aspx http://www.ncsl.org/research/transportation/pedestrian-cross... The pedestrian had the right-away in this particular situation. EDIT :: Looks like I read that first sentence wrong (my apologies)... "Vehicles must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within a crosswalk that are in the same half of the roadway as the vehicle or when a pedestrian is approaching closely enough from the opposite side of the roadway to constitute a danger" Growing up in AZ I was always told that pedestrians ALWAYS have the right away - something I always thought was strange. I do stand correct however.

nickcoury 9y ago
My reading of it was the opposite: > Pedestrians must yield the right-of-way to vehicles when crossing outside of a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. If a pedestrian is inside a crosswalk they almost always have the right of way. Outside a crosswalk it is not the case.
mkolodny 9y ago
The link you shared disagrees with you - it says that in Arizona vehicles always have the right-of-way outside of crosswalks: "Pedestrians must yield the right-of-way to vehicles when crossing outside of a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. Where traffic control devices are in operation, pedestrians may only cross between two adjacent intersections in a marked crosswalk."
- oneshoe 9y ago
  Looks like I read that first sentence wrong... "Vehicles must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within a crosswalk that are in the same half of the roadway as the vehicle or when a pedestrian is approaching closely enough from the opposite side of the roadway to constitute a danger" Growing up in AZ I was always told that pedestrians ALWAYS have the right away - something I always thought was strange. I do stand correct however.
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davidcbc 9y ago
That page is about crosswalks. The person who was hit was not in a crosswalk.

nickcoury 9y ago

My reading of it was the opposite: > Pedestrians must yield the right-of-way to vehicles when crossing outside of a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. If a pedestrian is inside a crosswalk they almost always have the right of way. Outside a crosswalk it is not the case.

mkolodny 9y ago

The link you shared disagrees with you - it says that in Arizona vehicles always have the right-of-way outside of crosswalks: "Pedestrians must yield the right-of-way to vehicles when crossing outside of a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection. Where traffic control devices are in operation, pedestrians may only cross between two adjacent intersections in a marked crosswalk."

oneshoe 9y ago
Looks like I read that first sentence wrong... "Vehicles must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians within a crosswalk that are in the same half of the roadway as the vehicle or when a pedestrian is approaching closely enough from the opposite side of the roadway to constitute a danger" Growing up in AZ I was always told that pedestrians ALWAYS have the right away - something I always thought was strange. I do stand correct however.

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davidcbc 9y ago

That page is about crosswalks. The person who was hit was not in a crosswalk.