§ 31-18-1. Applicability of regulations to pedestrians. Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic control signals at intersections as provided in §§ 31-13-6 and 31-13-7, unless required by local ordinance to comply strictly with the signals, but at all other places pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and shall be subject to the restrictions stated in […]
§ 31-18-10. Walking in street prohibited. Where sidewalks are provided it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway. Where sidewalks are provided it shall be lawful for a person to run or jog along and upon an adjacent roadway, and if the person shall begin to walk he […]
§ 31-18-11. Walking, jogging, or running on left. (a) Where sidewalks are not provided any person walking, jogging, or running along and upon a highway shall, when practicable, walk, jog or run only on the left side of the roadway or its shoulder facing traffic which may approach from the opposite direction. Under no circumstances […]
§ 31-18-11.1. Severability. If any portion or provision of §§ 31-18-10 and 31-18-11 is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the remaining parts or provisions shall remain in full force and effect. History of Section.P.L. 1984, ch. 298, § 2.
§ 31-18-12. Hitchhiking in road. No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of any vehicle. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4. History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 29, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 31-18-12; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, […]
§ 31-18-13. Use of white cane restricted to blind persons. It is unlawful for any person, unless totally or partially blind, while on any public street or highway, to carry in a raised or extended position a cane or walking stick which is white in color or white tipped with red. History of Section.P.L. 1949, […]
§ 31-18-14. Full stop for pedestrian with guide dog or white cane. Whenever a pedestrian is crossing or attempting to cross a public street or highway guided by a seeing-eye guide dog or a hearing-ear signal dog clearly identified as such by a yellow harness, which has been trained and educated to guide and assist […]
§ 31-18-15. Pedestrians who are blind or deaf not guided by dog or carrying white cane. Nothing contained in §§ 31-18-13 — 31-18-16 shall be construed to deprive any person who is blind, visually impaired, or deaf, but not carrying a cane or walking stick, or not being guided by a dog, of the rights […]
§ 31-18-16. Penalty for violations as to people who are blind. Any person who violates any provision of §§ 31-18-13 — 31-18-15, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250). History of Section.P.L. 1949, ch. 2255, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-18-16; P.L. 1981, ch. 62, […]
§ 31-18-16.1. Failure to stop on red signal for blind person at intersection. Any person who shall violate the provisions of § 31-13-6(3)(i) at an intersection where a pedestrian is crossing or attempting to cross a public street or highway guided by a seeing-eye dog or a hearing-ear signal dog, clearly identified by a yellow […]
§ 31-18-17. Pedestrians on freeways. Any pedestrian who shall cross any freeway as defined by § 24-10-1, except in an emergency or to render assistance in case of an accident or unforeseen cause, shall be deemed to be guilty of a civil violation. History of Section.P.L. 1967, ch. 19, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 218, […]
§ 31-18-18. Right-of-way on sidewalks. The driver of a vehicle crossing a sidewalk shall yield the right-of-way to all traffic proceeding along and upon the sidewalk. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 58, § 6; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 113.
§ 31-18-19. Negligence of children. A violation of any provision of this chapter by a child under the age of fourteen (14) shall not constitute negligence per se although a violation may be considered as evidence of negligence. History of Section.P.L. 1976, ch. 58, § 6.
§ 31-18-2. Local ordinances. Local authorities are empowered by ordinance to require that pedestrians shall strictly comply with the directions of any official traffic control signal and may by ordinance prohibit pedestrians from crossing any roadway in a business district or any designated highways except in a crosswalk. History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. […]
§ 31-18-20. Wheelchairs — Rights and duties. (a) Every person operating a wheelchair upon a sidewalk or roadway shall be granted all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties applicable to a pedestrian. (b) Every person riding a motorized wheelchair on a bicycle lane, trail or path shall be granted all the […]
§ 31-18-20.1. Operation of wheelchairs — Lamps and other equipment required. (a) Any wheelchair, motorized or manual, operating upon roadways, when in use at nighttime, shall be equipped with: a lamp on the front which shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at least five hundred (500′) feet to the front. (b) […]
§ 31-18-20.2. Wheelchair use in roadway prohibited. Where sidewalks with curb-cuts and at least thirty-two (32) inches of unobstructed clear width are provided it shall be unlawful for any user of a manual or motorized wheelchair to wheel along and upon an adjacent roadway. History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 337, § 1.
§ 31-18-21. Pedestrians and bike facilities. Except in the cases of limited access roads, and/or roads of less than twenty-three feet (23′) in width, the director of the department of transportation is authorized and directed to provide for the accommodation of bicycle and pedestrian traffic in the planning, design, construction and reconstruction, and to consider […]
§ 31-18-22. Public information and education on the rights of pedestrians. A program of public information and education designed to educate the motoring public to the rights of pedestrians shall be developed by the department of transportation’s office on highway safety. The department of transportation’s office on highway safety, in cooperation with the department of […]
§ 31-18-3. Right-of-way in crosswalk. (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 […]
