49-708. PEDESTRIANS ON HIGHWAYS. (1) Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.
(2) Where a sidewalk is not available, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk only on a shoulder, as far as practicable from the edge of the roadway.
(3) Where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk as near as practicable to an outside edge of the roadway, and, if on a two-way highway, shall walk only on the left side of the highway.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in this title, any pedestrian upon a roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.
History:
[49-708, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 199, p. 677.]
Structure Idaho Code
Chapter 7 - PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES
Section 49-701 - PEDESTRIAN OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES AND TRAFFIC REGULATIONS.
Section 49-702 - PEDESTRIANS’ RIGHT-OF-WAY IN CROSSWALKS.
Section 49-703 - PEDESTRIANS TO USE RIGHT HALF OF CROSSWALKS.
Section 49-704 - CROSSING AT OTHER THAN CROSSWALKS.
Section 49-705 - PEDESTRIANS YIELD TO AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
Section 49-706 - PEDESTRIAN WITH A DISABILITY HAS RIGHT-OF-WAY.
Section 49-707 - PEDESTRIANS’ RIGHT-OF-WAY ON SIDEWALKS.
Section 49-708 - PEDESTRIANS ON HIGHWAYS.
Section 49-709 - PEDESTRIANS SOLICITING RIDES OR BUSINESS.
Section 49-710 - BRIDGE AND RAILROAD SIGNALS.
Section 49-715 - RIDING ON BICYCLES.
Section 49-716 - CLINGING TO OR FOLLOWING VEHICLES.
Section 49-717 - POSITION ON HIGHWAY.
Section 49-718 - RIDING TWO ABREAST.
Section 49-719 - CARRYING ARTICLES.
Section 49-720 - STOPPING — TURN AND STOP SIGNALS.
Section 49-721 - BICYCLES ON SIDEWALKS.
Section 49-722 - BICYCLE RACING.
Section 49-723 - LIGHT AND REFLECTOR REQUIRED AT NIGHT.
Section 49-724 - ADDITIONAL LIGHTS AUTHORIZED.
Section 49-725 - RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF ELECTRIC-ASSISTED BICYCLES.
Section 49-726 - INSURANCE, LICENSING, AND REGISTRATION.