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A pedestrian crossing (or crosswalk in American and Canadian English) is a place designated for pedestrians to cross a road, street or avenue. The term "pedestrian crossing" is also used in the Vienna and Geneva Conventions, both of which pertain to road signs and road traffic.
At signalized intersections, crosswalks may have pedestrian signals which display symbols to mandate when pedestrians may cross the street. State road rules in the United States usually require a driver to yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing a road when the pedestrian crosses at a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk. [2]
Crossing guard, lollipop man/lady, crosswalk attendant or school road patrol A person who temporarily stops vehicular traffic to allow pedestrians to cross the road. Crossroad. See junction. Crosswalk. See pedestrian crossing. Cul-de-sac, dead end, closed, no through road, no exit, court, or no outlet A street with only one inlet/outlet. Curb ...
People can also cross the street if they are facing a green light as long as they don’t disobey the pedestrian traffic signal. If there is no crosswalk, then cars have the right-of-way.
This means pedestrians legally have the right of way even when not using a marked crosswalk. “Basically what the law’s saying is we can’t cite you.” Santillano James said.
A pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, whether walking or running. [citation needed] In modern times, the term usually refers to someone walking on a road or pavement (US: sidewalk), but this was not the case historically. [citation needed] Pedestrians may also be wheelchair users or other disabled people who use mobility aids. [1]
Sign prohibiting jaywalking in Singapore's Orchard Road. Jaywalking is the act of pedestrians walking in or crossing a roadway if that act contravenes traffic regulations. The term originated in the United States as a derivation of the phrase jay-drivers (the word jay meaning 'a greenhorn, or rube' [1]), people who drove horse-drawn carriages and automobiles on the wrong side of the road ...
Vienna's first pedestrian zone on the Graben (2018) Pedestrian mall in Lima, Peru. Pedestrian zones (also known as auto-free zones and car-free zones, as pedestrian precincts in British English, [1] and as pedestrian malls in the United States and Australia) are areas of a city or town restricted to use by people on foot or human-powered transport such as bicycles, with non-emergency motor ...