Pedestrians — Connecticut Permit Test

Pedestrians generally have the right of way in crosswalks.

A person on foot loses every argument with a car, so the rule puts the duty on the side that can stop.

Generally, pedestrians have the right of way in crosswalks.

To find an unmarked crosswalk, imagine the sidewalk or shoulder at the corner extending across the road to meet the sidewalk or shoulder on the other side.

Unmarked crosswalks have no paint to see, so the driver has to draw the line themselves before someone steps into it.

To determine where an unmarked crosswalk is, imagine that the sidewalk or shoulder at the corner extends across the road and meets the sidewalk or shoulder on the other side.

A driver must slow or stop and grant the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing at a marked or unmarked crosswalk when the pedestrian is within any portion of the crosswalk.

Any part of the crosswalk counts, so a pedestrian on the far side is still a pedestrian you have to wait for.

Drivers must slow or stop your vehicle and grant the right-of-way for a pedestrian crossing at a crosswalk (marked or unmarked) when the pedestrian is within any portion of the crosswalk.

A pedestrian shows the intent to cross by stepping to the curb at the crosswalk entrance and raising a hand and arm toward oncoming traffic.

The raised arm is a legal signal, not a request. Once it is up the driver's duty has already started.

Steps to the curb at the entrance to the crosswalk and indicates intent to cross the road by raising his or her hand and arm toward oncoming traffic

A pedestrian also shows intent by moving into the crosswalk entrance any body part or extension of one, including a wheelchair, cane, walking stick, crutch, bicycle, stroller, carriage, cart or a leashed dog.

Not everyone can raise an arm. The law counts a cane or a wheelchair footplate as the same signal.

moving into the crosswalk's entrance any body part or any extension of a body part, including a wheelchair, cane, walking stick, crutch, bicycle, electric bicycle, stroller, carriage, cart, or leashed or harnessed dog.

Do not open a vehicle door if it hits or gets in the way of a pedestrian, a bicyclist or other moving traffic.

A door opened without looking puts a hard edge in someone's path with no warning at all.

Do not open a vehicle door if it hits or gets in the way of a pedestrian, bicyclist, or other moving traffic.

Who generally has the right of way in a crosswalk?

Pedestrians. A person on foot loses every argument with a car, so the rule puts the duty on the side that can stop. Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.16: “Generally, pedestrians have the right of way in crosswalks.”