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Pedestrian Safety Is Everyone's Responsibility Who is a Pedestrian? Driver Responsibilities at School Crossings For more information on pedestrian safety When approaching a school crossing where for drivers and walkers: there is an adult school crossing guard: • All drivers must follow the directions of the Madison Police Department Pedestrian school crossing guard. Traffic Enforcement Safety Team • If directed by the school crossing guard to (T.E.S.T.) ..................................... 261-9687 stop, the driver shall stop at least 10 feet from Speeding Hotline ......................... 266-4624 Safety the school crossing and shall remain stopped until the school crossing guard directs you to Central District ............................ 266-4575 is proceed. East District ................................. 267-2100 • The owner of a vehicle involved in a violation North District .............................. 243-5258 of this law is liable for the violation and can South District .............................. 266-5938 Everyone’s receive a ticket in the mail based on the adult Pedestrians are young, old, and every age in school crossing guard’s report. West District ............................... 288-6176 between. Some have not yet begun to walk and Responsibility need to be carried or pushed in a stroller. Some Internet ... www.cityofmadison.com/police/ have difficulty walking and need the help of canes, walkers, wheelchairs or other mobility devices (manual or motorized). You have been a Traffic Engineering pedestrian at some point today, even if it was just getting to your car. Office .......................................... 266-4761 Shop ............................................ 266-4767 What is a Crosswalk? E-mail ................traffic@cityofmadison.com How many crosswalks Driver Responsibilities Near School Buses Internet ........................................................ are there at this When approaching a stopped school bus with http://www.cityofmadison.com/bikeMadison/ intersection? Write its flashing red warning lights on, your answer here ____, • you must stop your vehicle at least 20 feet then read the University of Wisconsin information below to from the bus, whether you are coming from Police Department ........................ 262-2957 the front or the rear of the bus, and find the correct answer. Internet ......................... www.uwpd.wisc.edu • you must remain stopped until the bus resumes motion or the operator turns the .....................http://transportation.wisc.edu/ A crosswalk, by definition, is the extension of a flashing red warning lights off. sidewalk across a street at an intersection, • whether the crosswalk is marked or not. The owner of a vehicle involved in a violation Crosswalks can also exist at non-intersection of this law is liable for the violation and can locations when clearly indicated by signs, lines receive a ticket in the mail based on the school or other markings on the street. Thus, there are bus driver’s report. four crosswalks in the picture. Two of them are marked with lines and two are unmarked. A pedestrian’s rights, and the responsibilities of a driver towards a pedestrian crossing the street, are the same whether or not the crosswalk is marked with paint, and regardless of the type of markings used. 10/05/2015 Other Rules for Pedestrians Other Rules for Drivers Rights & Responsibilities of Drivers and Pedestrians at Intersections Crossing Mid-Block Whenever a vehicle is stopped at an intersection Intersection without Traffic Signals Intersection with Traffic Signals • At a marked mid-block crosswalk, your rights or crosswalk to let a pedestrian cross the street, and responsibilities are the same as at an the driver of any other vehicle approaching from intersection crosswalk. the rear must also stop to let the pedestrian cross • If there is no marked crosswalk, which will the street. typically be the case, you can cross a roadway Blind pedestrian law: Drivers must stop no at any point as long as you yield the right-of- closer than 10 feet to a pedestrian carrying a way to all traffic on the road. white cane or walking stick or with a guide dog, Walking along a Road and must take such precautions as may be • If there are no sidewalks, you must walk on necessary to avoid accident or injury to the the left side of the road, facing traffic, and pedestrian. The fact that the pedestrian may be move out of the way as much as is practicable violating any of the laws applicable to Driver Responsibilities Pedestrian Responsibilities when other traffic comes towards you. pedestrians does not relieve the driver of this When a pedestrian is crossing a street at a If there are pedestrian signals, you must follow • You are prohibited from walking along an duty. marked or unmarked crosswalk, and there is no the signals. expressway or freeway when signs have been traffic signal: • A pedestrian can begin to cross the street only posted indicating no pedestrians. Stopping, Standing and Parking are prohibited • Drivers must yield the right-of-way to the when the WALK signal is on. for the safety of pedestrians in the following pedestrian crossing within the marked or • Flashing or steady DON’T WALK, or a areas: unmarked crosswalk.. Bicycles on Sidewalks countdown number display, means do not • On a crosswalk; • It does not matter if the driver has a stop sign begin crossing. If you have already started, Bicyclists in Madison can ride on sidewalks • On a sidewalk or sidewalk area; at the intersection or if there is no stop sign, you can continue to the nearest sidewalk or except where buildings abut the sidewalk. For • Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb you must yield the right-of-way to the safety zone. example, State Street, the Capitol Square, and • pedestrian. • The time a pedestrian has to cross the street is neighborhood business areas like Monroe Street, Within 15 feet of the end of a safety zone • When turning, you must yield to both the sum of the WALK time and the flashing Williamson Street, Park Street, etc. In these • Within an intersection (includes T-intersections) pedestrians crossing the street you are on and DON’T WALK or countdown time. areas it is difficult for bicyclists to see • Where signed (be especially aware of those crossing the street you are turning onto. • If there is a button to push for the pedestrian pedestrians and to yield to them when they are restrictions signed near schools). • “Yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian” signal, you have to push the button or else the exiting buildings or crossing the sidewalk at Parking is prohibited: means the operator of a vehicle is required to WALK signal will not come on. intersections, alleys or driveways. • Closer than 15 feet to a crosswalk. reduce speed, or stop if necessary, to avoid • If there is no push button, the walk signal endangering, colliding with or interfering in should come on every time there is a green. When bicyclists are allowed to ride on • Wherever else parking restrictions are signed. any way with pedestrian travel. sidewalks, you must yield to pedestrians and If there are no pedestrian signals, Speed Regulations give an audible warning when passing Pedestrian Responsibilities • you may start to cross the road in any marked Speed always needs to be “reasonable and • To not suddenly enter the street if a vehicle is or unmarked crosswalk when the signal is pedestrians traveling in the same direction. prudent”, regardless of the speed limit. There so close that it is difficult for the driver to green. Slow down first, then give your warning. Wait are many conditions where reduced speed is yield to the pedestrian. • Pedestrians facing a red signal when there are for a reaction before passing. needed, including the presence of pedestrians. • Note that this rule has less to do with the not also pedestrian signals can cross the street At intersections and other sidewalk crossings speed at which a pedestrian enters the street if they can do so safely and without (alleys, driveways), a bicyclist on the sidewalk and more to do with the distance between the interfering with any traffic on the street. pedestrian and the approaching vehicle. has the same rights and responsibilities as • Is the vehicle far enough away from the Driver Responsibilities pedestrians. Drivers need to yield to any traffic crosswalk, given the speed limit and roadway Drivers turning across a crosswalk on a green on the sidewalk before crossing the sidewalk conditions, for the driver to be able to yield signal, or making a right turn on red, must yield whether waiting to enter the street from a the right-of-way to the pedestrian? the right-of-way to pedestrians in the crosswalk driveway or alley or turning off the street into a before turning. driveway or alley. .
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