Section 11. When traffic control signals are not in place or not in operation the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way, slowing down or stopping if need be so to yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk marked in accordance with standards established by the department of highways if the pedestrian is on that half of the traveled part of the way on which the vehicle is traveling or if the pedestrian approaches from the opposite half of the traveled part of the way to within 10 feet of that half of the traveled part of the way on which said vehicle is traveling.
No driver of a vehicle shall pass any other vehicle which has stopped at a marked crosswalk to permit a pedestrian to cross, nor shall any such operator enter a marked crosswalk while a pedestrian is crossing or until there is a sufficient space beyond the crosswalk to accommodate the vehicle he is operating, notwithstanding that a traffic control signal may indicate that vehicles may proceed.
Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than $200.
Whenever a pedestrian is injured by a motor vehicle in a marked crosswalk, the department of state police or the municipal police department with jurisdiction of the street, in consultation with department of state police if deemed appropriate, shall conduct an investigation into the cause of the injury and any violation of this section or other law or ordinance and shall issue the appropriate civil or criminal citation or file an application for the appropriate criminal complaint, if any. This section shall not limit the ability of a district attorney or the attorney general to seek an indictment in connection with the operation of a motor vehicle which causes injury or death and which violates this section.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XIV - Public Ways and Works
Section 2 - Passing Vehicle Traveling in Same Direction
Section 3 - Sleigh or Sled; Bells
Section 4 - Keeping to Right While View Obstructed
Section 4a - Driving Vehicles in a Single Lane; Motorcycles, Riding and Passing
Section 4b - Driving in Lane Nearest Right Side of Way
Section 4c - Heavy Trucks; Driving in Right-Hand Lane on Multi-Lane Highways
Section 4d - Standing or Parking of Motor Vehicle in a Designated Bike Lane
Section 5 - Penalty; Exceptions
Section 6 - Applicability of Rules of Road to Street Railway Cars
Section 6a - Stopping of Street Railway Cars for Passage of Fire Apparatus
Section 7 - Right of Way of Fire Engines, Patrol Vehicles and Ambulances; Obstruction; Penalties
Section 7a - Restrictions on Use of Ways Upon Approach of Emergency Vehicles
Section 7b - Operation of Emergency Vehicles
Section 7d - Moving of Vehicle Involved in a Crash From a Travel Lane
Section 8 - Right-of-Way at Intersecting Ways; Turning on Red Signals
Section 9 - Designation of Highways as Through Ways; Traffic Control Signs and Devices
Section 10 - Violation of One-Way Traffic; Civil Liability
Section 11 - Marked Crosswalks; Yielding Right of Way to Pedestrians; Penalty