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Ch. 14
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1018
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LAWS OF MARYLAND
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(A) IN GENERAL.
(1) THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY WHERE A
PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL OR OVERHEAD PEDESTRIAN CROSSING IS
PROVIDED, AS DESCRIBED IN §21-503 (B) OF THIS SUBTITLE.
(2) IF A TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL IS NOT IN
OPERATION, THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE SHALL YIELD THE
RIGHT-OF-WAY AND, IF NECESSARY, SLOW DOWN OR STOP TO
YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO A PEDESTRIAN WHO IS CROSSING
THE ROADWAY IN A CROSSWALK, IF THE PEDESTRIAN IS:
(I) ON THE HALF OF THE ROADWAY ON WHICH THE
VEHICLE IS TRAVELING; OR
(II) APPROACHING SO CLOSELY FROM THE OTHER
HALF OF THE ROADWAY AS TO BE IN DANGER.
(B) DUTY OF PEDESTRIAN.
A PEDESTRIAN MAY NOT SUDDENLY LEAVE A CURE OR OTHER
PLACE OF SAFETY AND WALK OR RUN INTO THE PATH OF A
VEHICLE WHICH IS SO CLOSE THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE
DRIVER TO YIELD.
(C) PASSING OF VEHICLE STOPPED FOR PEDESTRIAN
PROHIBITED.
IF, AT A MARKED CROSSWALK OR AT AN UNMARKED
CROSSWALK AT AN INTERSECTION, A VEHICLE IS STOPPED TO LET
A PEDESTRIAN CROSS THE ROADWAY, THE DRIVES OF ANY OTHER
VEHICLE APPROACHING FROM THE REAR MAY NOT OVERTAKE AND
PASS THE STOPPED VEHICLE.
REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 66 1/2, §11-502.
The only changes are in style.
21-503. CROSSING AT OTHER THAN CROSSWALKS.
(A) IN GENERAL.
IF A PEDESTRIAN CROSSES A ROADWAY AT ANY POINT
OTHER THAN IN A MARKED CROSSWALK OR IN AN UNMARKED
CROSSWALK AT AN INTERSECTION, THE PEDESTRIAN SHALL YIELD
THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO ANY VEHICLE APPROACHING ON THE
ROADWAY.
(B) WHERE SPECIAL PEDESTRIAN CROSSING PROVIDED.
IF A PEDESTRIAN CROSSES A ROADWAY AT A POINT WHERE
A PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL OR OVERHEAD PEDESTRIAN CROSSING IS
PROVIDED, THE PEDESTRIAN SHALL YIELD THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO
ANY VEHICLE APPROACHING ON THE ROADWAY.
(C) BETWEEN ADJACENT INTERSECTIONS.
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