The District Department of Transportation shall develop and implement a plan to create and post special signs with the following or substantially similar notation: “D.C. Law: Failure to stop for pedestrians in crosswalk punishable by $250 fine”. The signs shall be posted at selected District crosswalks and intersections to alert motorists of the fine for this infraction. The Director of the District Department of Transportation shall be responsible for determining which crosswalks and intersections shall have the signs.
(Nov. 25, 2008, D.C. Law 17-269, § 4, 55 DCR 11015; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19-171, § 141, 59 DCR 6190.)
The 2012 amendment by D.C. Law 19-171 substituted “pedestrians in crosswalks” for “a pedestrian” in the section heading.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 50 - Motor and Non-Motor Vehicles and Traffic
Chapter 22 - Regulation of Traffic
Subchapter I - General Provisions
§ 50–2201.21. Rules for towing and impoundment of vehicles, and vehicle conveyance fees
§ 50–2201.22. Appeal from assessment of excise tax for title certificates; election of remedies
§ 50–2201.23. Mayor may enter into interstate agreement concerning enforcement of traffic laws
§ 50–2201.24. Office of Registrar of Titles and Tags
§ 50–2201.25. Issuance of congressional tags
§ 50–2201.26. Issuance of duplicate congressional tags
§ 50–2201.28. Right-of-way at crosswalks
§ 50–2201.29. Bus right-of-way at intersections
§ 50–2201.30. Special signs for failure to yield to pedestrians in crosswalks
§ 50–2201.31. Signs identifying the District as a strict enforcement zone