Right of way
A pedestrian crossing where there are no painted lines
Someone steps off the curb to cross at a corner with no painted crosswalk. What is your obligation?
Someone steps off the curb to cross at a corner with no painted crosswalk. What is your obligation?
Pedestrian, unmarked crosswalk: the rule
The rule
An unmarked crosswalk exists at most intersections. Pedestrians crossing there have the right of way.
The reasoning
Paint makes a crossing visible, it does not create it. The legal crossing exists at the corner as the natural extension of the sidewalk, which is why failing to yield there is still a violation.
The usual mistake
Believing that no paint means no crossing. It is one of the most commonly missed questions on the whole exam, and one of the most commonly missed rules on the road.
What the state codes require
California
A driver yields to a pedestrian crossing at an intersection, even when the crosswalk has no painted lines.
Practice the California testFlorida
A driver yields to a pedestrian crossing where the sidewalk continues across an intersection, even without painted lines.
Practice the Florida test