Sharing with pedestrians — Georgia Permit Test

A Georgia driver stops and stays stopped for somebody crossing in a crosswalk when that person is on the driver’s half of the road, or is approaching and within one lane of it.

Half the road is all the lanes going one way, so a walker one lane over is already your problem.

When the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching and is within one lane of the half of the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling or onto which it is turning

A green light does not release a Georgia driver from stopping for somebody still in the crosswalk.

The walking signal went green when yours did, so the crosswalk was busy before you got there.

At traffic signals, even when the light is green, if pedestrians are still in the crosswalk

A Georgia driver must stop for a blind person crossing the street who is carrying a white cane or being guided by a dog, and such a person has the right of way at all times.

Somebody using a cane is reading the road with it and cannot read your car at all.

Pedestrians using guide dogs or white walking canes must be given the right of way at all times.

Crosswalks exist at all four corners of an intersection in Georgia even where no lines are painted, and one can also exist mid-block where it is marked.

An unmarked crosswalk is still a crosswalk, and the person using it still has the right of way.

Crosswalks exist on all four corners of intersections even when they are not marked by painted lines.

Before a right turn on a red light a Georgia driver comes to a full stop before the crosswalk, and must not sit in the crosswalk while waiting for a gap.

A car sitting in the crosswalk sends the person on foot out around it into the traffic lane.

Before turning right on red, drivers must come to a full and complete stop before the crosswalk. Do not block the crosswalk when waiting to make a right turn at a red light.

Stopping at a crosswalk on a multi-lane road, Georgia says to stop at least 10 feet before it so the driver in the next lane can see the person crossing.

Stopping right on the line makes your car a screen that hides the walker from the next lane.

When you stop at a crosswalk on a multi-lane road, stop at least 10 feet before the crosswalk so a driver in the next lane can see the pedestrian.

Driving out of or into a driveway, an alley or a parking garage, a Georgia driver stops before the sidewalk and goes on only once anybody on foot has safely passed.

The sidewalk is a path, and the person on it has no reason to expect a car to cross it.

When exiting or entering a driveway, alley, or parking garage, drivers must stop before the sidewalk area and proceed only after pedestrians have safely passed.

Georgia states that a person struck by a vehicle traveling 40 mph faces a risk of death of at least 80%.

Nothing about the road changes between 30 and 40, but for the person you hit almost everything does.

When a pedestrian is struck by a motor vehicle traveling 40mph, the risk of pedestrian death is at least 80%.

How close must somebody crossing be before a Georgia driver has to stop?

On your half of the road, or within one lane of it. Half the road is all the lanes going one way, so a walker one lane over is already your problem. Georgia Driver's Manual, p.117: “When the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching and is within one lane of the half of the roadway on which the vehicle is traveling or onto which it is turning”