Crosswalks — Colorado Permit Test

Crosswalks on the Colorado permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

A crosswalk is a marked or unmarked part of a road where pedestrians have the right-of-way to cross.

Most crosswalks have no paint on them at all. Every intersection has them, which is why you look at corners rather than for lines.

A crosswalk is a marked or unmarked part of a road where pedestrians have the right-of-way to cross

Colorado Driver Handbook, p.9

When you approach from the rear a vehicle stopped at a crosswalk, you must not pass, and must stop behind that vehicle or behind the crosswalk in the adjacent lane on a multi-lane roadway.

The stopped car is hiding somebody walking across in front of it. Pulling around means meeting that person at speed with no warning at all.

Whenever you approach a vehicle from the rear that is stopped at a crosswalk, you must not pass and must stop behind the vehicle or behind the crosswalk in the adjacent lane if a multi-lane roadway

Colorado Driver Handbook, p.9

A driver must yield by slowing down or stopping, if need be, for pedestrians crossing the roadway within a crosswalk.

Slowing is sometimes enough and sometimes it is not, so the rule covers both. The person on foot has nothing to protect them either way.

by slowing down or stopping, if need be, for pedestrians crossing the roadway within a crosswalk

Colorado Driver Handbook, p.9

On the test

Where does a crosswalk exist?

Wherever the road is marked or unmarked for crossing. Most crosswalks have no paint on them at all. Every intersection has them, which is why you look at corners rather than for lines. Colorado Driver Handbook, p.9: “A crosswalk is a marked or unmarked part of a road where pedestrians have the right-of-way to cross”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Colorado Driver Handbook, published by the Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.