California Vehicle Code CHAPTER 5 - Pedestrians’ Rights and Duties

• Section 21949.
  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is the policy of the State of California that safe and convenient pedestrian travel and access, whether...
• Section 21950.
  (a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at...
• Section 21950.5.
  (a) An existing marked crosswalk may not be removed unless notice and opportunity to be heard is provided to the public not less than 30 days...
• Section 21951.
  Whenever any vehicle has stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway...
• Section 21952.
  The driver of any motor vehicle, prior to driving over or upon any sidewalk, shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian approaching thereon.(Enacted by Stats....
• Section 21953.
  Whenever any pedestrian crosses a roadway other than by means of a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing, if a pedestrian tunnel or overhead crossing...
• Section 21954.
  (a) Every pedestrian upon a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the...
• Section 21955.
  Between adjacent intersections controlled by traffic control signal devices or by police officers, pedestrians shall not cross the roadway at any place except in a...
• Section 21956.
  (a) No pedestrian may walk upon any roadway outside of a business or residence district otherwise than close to his or her left-hand edge of the...
• Section 21957.
  No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of any vehicle.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
• Section 21959.
  It is unlawful for any person to ski or toboggan on or across any roadway in such a manner as to interfere with the movement...
• Section 21960.
  (a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities, by order, ordinance, or resolution, with respect to freeways, expressways, or designated portions thereof under their respective jurisdictions,...
• Section 21961.
  This chapter does not prevent local authorities from adopting ordinances prohibiting pedestrians from crossing roadways at other than crosswalks.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
• Section 21962.
  Any peace officer having reasonable cause to believe that any pedestrian is stopped or standing on any bridge or overpass for the purpose of violating...
• Section 21963.
  A totally or partially blind pedestrian who is carrying a predominantly white cane (with or without a red tip), or using a guide dog, shall...
• Section 21964.
  No person, other than those totally or partially blind, shall carry or use on any highway or in any public building, public facility, or other...
• Section 21965.
  As used in Sections 21963 and 21964, “blind,” “totally blind,” and “partially blind,” mean having central visual acuity not to exceed 20/200 in the better...
• Section 21966.
  No pedestrian shall proceed along a bicycle path or lane where there is an adjacent adequate pedestrian facility.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 751.)
• Section 21967.
  Except as provided in Section 21968, a local authority may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution prohibiting or restricting persons from riding or...
• Section 21968.
  (a) A motorized skateboard shall not be propelled on any sidewalk, roadway, or any other part of a highway or on any bikeway, bicycle path or...
• Section 21969.
  A local authority may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance regulating persons engaged in roller skating on a highway, sidewalk, or roadway.(Added by Stats. 1981,...
• Section 21970.
  (a) No person may stop a vehicle unnecessarily in a manner that causes the vehicle to block a marked or unmarked crosswalk or sidewalk.(b) Subdivision (a) does...
• Section 21971.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who violates subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 21451, subdivision (b) of Section 21453, subdivision (a) of...

Last modified: October 22, 2018