Crosswalks and stop lines — Tennessee Permit Test

Crosswalks may be at intersections or in the middle of a block, and not all crosswalks are marked.

A mid-block crosswalk can catch you off guard. A walker there expects you to stop just as at a corner.

Crosswalks define the area where pedestrians may cross the roadway and may be located at intersections or in the middle of a block.

When you must stop at an intersection with a stop line, the vehicle must be stopped behind the stop line.

The stop line is placed so walkers and cross traffic have room. Stopping over it puts your car in their space.

intersection, the vehicle must be stopped behind this stop line.

If there is no stop line but the crosswalk is marked, stop before crossing the first line of the crosswalk.

Stopping in the crosswalk blocks the people it is there for. They must then walk around your car into traffic.

If no stop line is painted on the pavement, all vehicles required to stop must: (B) Stop the vehicle before crossing the first line of the crosswalk (if the crosswalk is marked), and (C) Stop the vehicle before the front bumper crosses the white edge line of the cross street, in order to keep the vehicle from protruding out into the cross street traffic.

With no stop line and no marked crosswalk, stop before your front bumper crosses the white edge line of the cross street.

If your nose pokes into the cross street, a car coming along it can clip your front end.

and (C) Stop the vehicle before the front bumper crosses the white edge line of the cross street, in order to keep the vehicle from protruding out into the cross street traffic.

Besides intersections, where may a crosswalk be?

In the middle of a block. A mid-block crosswalk can catch you off guard. A walker there expects you to stop just as at a corner. Tennessee Comprehensive Driver License Manual, p.43: “Crosswalks define the area where pedestrians may cross the roadway and may be located at intersections or in the middle of a block.”