Printable Format8-1537. Same; use of roadways. (a) Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.
(b) 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) 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) Except as otherwise provided in this article, any pedestrian upon a roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, ยง 8-1537; July 1.
Source or prior law:
8-557a(a), (b).
CASE ANNOTATIONS
1. Statute not in effect on date of accident and no comparable statute then in effect; damage award affirmed. Chance v. Scroggins, 3 Kan. App. 2d 11, 13, 588 P.2d 479.
2. No error in instructing that pedestrians in roadway required to yield to vehicles. Reeve v. McBrearety, 8 Kan. App. 2d 419, 421, 660 P.2d 75 (1983).