Legal Documents of Newport

Code of Newport

Newport
Title 15 : Motor Vehicles, Traffic and Parking
Chapter 12 : Pedestrians

15-1204 : Manner of crossing.

No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb, except in a crosswalk. However, at intersections where traffic-control signals have traffic stopped in all directions, these provisions shall not apply to pedestrians crossing within the area common to both intersecting roadways. (1973 Code, § 11-166)