Sec. 37-356. - Use of crosswalks and safety zones.
Sec. 37-357. - Duty of driver upon approaching blind person with cane.
Sec. 37-356. - Use of crosswalks and safety zones.
Where crosswalks and safety zones are established, designated and maintained by appropriate markings or devices on or placed upon the street surface in any intersection or any street by authority of the department of public works for the protection and safety of pedestrians, it shall be the duty of pedestrians using such marked streets and intersections to cross only at these marked locations.
(Code 1968, § 37-86; Ord. No. 91-072(sub 1), § 5, 10-17-91; Ord. No. 95-043, § 3, 7-13-95)
State law reference— Pedestrians' right-of-way in crosswalks, 21 Del. C. § 4142.
Sec. 37-357. - Duty of driver upon approaching blind person with cane.
Any driver of a vehicle who approaches a person wholly or partially blind, carrying a cane or walking stick white in color or white and tipped in red, shall immediately come to a full stop, and take such precautions before proceeding as may be necessary to avoid accident or injury to the person wholly or partially blind.
(Code 1968, § 37-89)
State law reference— Conduct toward blind pedestrians carrying canes, 16 Del. C. § 9503.
FOOTNOTE(S):
(103) State Law reference— Pedestrians, 21 Del. C. § 4140 et seq. (Back)