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§ 3544. Pedestrians walking along or on highway

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 75 Pa.C.S.A. Vehicles

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 75 Pa.C.S.A. Vehicles (Refs & Annos)
Part III. Operation of Vehicles
Chapter 35. Special Vehicles and Pedestrians (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter C. Rights and Duties of Pedestrians
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3544
§ 3544. Pedestrians walking along or on highway
Currentness
(a) Mandatory use of available sidewalk.--Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, it is unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.
(b) Absence of sidewalk.--Where a sidewalk is not available, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk only on a shoulder as far as practicable from the edge of the roadway.
(c) Absence of sidewalk and shoulder.--Where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk as near as practicable to an outside edge of the roadway and, if on a two-way roadway, shall walk only on the left side of the roadway.
(d) Right-of-way to vehicles.--Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, any pedestrian upon a roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.

Credits

1976, June 17, P.L. 162, No. 81, § 1, effective July 1, 1977.
75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3544, PA ST 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 3544
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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