Rules for pedestrians — Florida Permit Test

When walking on a roadway without a sidewalk, always walk on the shoulder on the left side, facing traffic.

Facing the traffic means you can see the car that has not seen you.

When walking on a roadway without a sidewalk, always walk on the shoulder on the left side, facing traffic.

Pedestrians must not walk on the roadway if a sidewalk is available.

The sidewalk exists for exactly this, and the road is where the cars are.

Pedestrians must not walk on the roadway if a sidewalk is available.

Cross the road at intersections or designated crosswalks, and remember that crosswalks at intersections may be marked or unmarked.

An unmarked crossing at an intersection is still a crossing, with the same rights.

Cross the road at intersections or designated crosswalks. Crosswalks at intersections may be marked or unmarked.

Pedestrians must yield the right-of-way to vehicles when crossing anywhere other than a crosswalk, and when the crosswalk signal shows a red hand or DON’T WALK.

Crossing where nobody expects a person on foot puts the duty on the one doing it.

Pedestrians must yield the rightof-way to vehicles if crossing a roadway at any point other than within a crosswalk.

Never enter the street from between parked cars: stop at the curb or the edge of the road, look left, then right, then left again before stepping out.

Stepping out between two parked cars gives a driver no warning at all.

Look left, then right, then left again for moving vehicles before you step into the street.

All drivers must yield the right-of-way to a public transit bus traveling in the same direction that has signaled and is pulling back into traffic from a designated pullout bay.

A bus needs a long gap to rejoin, and nobody else is going to leave one.

All drivers shall yield the right-of-way to public transit buses traveling in the same direction that have signaled and are reentering the traffic flow from a specifically designated pullout bay.

Which side do you walk on where there is no sidewalk?

The left shoulder, facing the traffic. Facing the traffic means you can see the car that has not seen you. Official Florida Driver License Handbook, p.88: “When walking on a roadway without a sidewalk, always walk on the shoulder on the left side, facing traffic.”