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Vercammen's Law office represents individuals charged from
criminal and serious traffic violations throughout New Jersey.
The following is the law in New Jersey:
39:4-36. Driver to yield to pedestrian at crosswalk; exceptions;
vehicles approaching stopped vehicle from rear; yield of
right-of-way by pedestrian The driver of a vehicle shall
yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway
within a marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk
at an intersection, except at crosswalks when the movement
of traffic is being regulated by police officers or traffic
control signals, or where otherwise prohibited by municipal,
county, or State regulation, and except where a pedestrian
tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided,
but no pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb 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.
Nothing contained herein shall relieve a pedestrian from
using due care for his safety.
Whenever any vehicle is stopped to permit a pedestrian
to cross the roadway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching
from the rear shall not overtake and pass such stopped vehicle.
Every pedestrian upon a roadway at any point other than
within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk
at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles
upon the roadway.
Nothing contained herein shall relieve a driver from the
duty to exercise due care for the safety of any pedestrian
upon a roadway.
Amended by L.1951, c. 23, p. 75, s. 26; L.1981, c. 220,
s. 3, eff. July 20, 1981.
39:4-36.1. Crossing having pedestrian tunnel or overhead
crossing; right of way Any pedestrian crossing a roadway
at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian
crossing has been provided shall yield the right of way
to all vehicles upon the roadway.
L.1951, c. 23, p. 74, s. 24.
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