Pedestrian right of way — Wyoming Permit Test

The driver and the pedestrian are both responsible for traffic safety.

Neither side can count on the other to prevent every crash, so both have to look out.

The driver and the pedestrian are both responsible for traffic safety.

You must yield to a pedestrian in a marked crosswalk on your side of the road, whether or not there are traffic signals.

A crosswalk is where walkers are told to cross, so they step out expecting cars to stop for them.

When a pedestrian is in a marked crosswalk on your side of the roadway with or without traffic control signals;

When you make a lawful turn on a red light after a complete stop, you must yield to pedestrians.

People crossing on their own signal do not expect a car turning on red, so the turning driver waits for them.

When making a lawful turn on a red light, after coming to a complete stop; and

You must yield to, and stop for, a blind pedestrian carrying a clearly visible white cane or accompanied by a guide dog.

A blind person cannot see your car coming, so the whole job of avoiding them falls on you.

When a blind pedestrian is carrying a clearly visible white cane or is accompanied by a guide dog.

When drivers and pedestrians share the road, who is responsible for traffic safety?

Both of them. Neither side can count on the other to prevent every crash, so both have to look out. Wyoming Rules of the Road Driver License Manual, p.49: “The driver and the pedestrian are both responsible for traffic safety.”