The Right of Way with Pedestrians, Crosswalks and Intersections

Ohio motor vehicle accident attorney, Scott Kuboff, discusses pedestrians, crosswalks, intersections, and who has to duty to yield the right of way in different situations between pedestrians and motor vehicles. These rules are found in R.C. 4511.46 and R.C. 4511.48.

Ohio has several statutes providing rules on the right of way. These statutes are designed to create clarity as to what vehicle may go and what vehicle must stop so as to not cause collisions. Right of way statutes make traffic flow predictable and our roadways safe. For pedestrians, R.C. 4511.46(A) provides “[w]hen traffic control signals are not in place, not in operation, or are not clearly assigning the right-of-way, the driver of a vehicle ... shall yield the right of way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield ... to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger." Of course, R.C. 4511.46(B) prohibits pedestrians from suddenly leaving a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle. And R.C. 4511.48(A) requires pedestrians to yield the right of way to vehicles when "crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection."

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The Right of Way When Making a Left Turn

Ohio motor vehicle accident attorney, Scott Kuboff, discusses a driver’s duty to yield the right of way when making a left turn. This duty is found in R.C. 4511.42

Ohio has several statutes providing rules on the right of way. These statutes are designed to create clarity as to what vehicle may go and what vehicle must stop so as to not cause collisions. Right of way statutes make traffic flow predictable and our roadways safe. When making a left turn, R.C. 4511.42(A) provides "[t]he operator of a vehicle ... intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right of way to any vehicle ... approaching from the opposite direction, whenever the approaching vehicle ... is within the intersection or so close to the intersection, alley, private road, or driveway as to constitute an immediate hazard.”

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Right of Way at Intersections

Ohio motor vehicle accident attorney, Scott Kuboff, discusses a driver’s duty to yield the right of way at an intersection. This duty is found in R.C. 4511.41.

Ohio has several statutes providing rules on the right of way. These statutes are designed to create clarity as to what vehicle may go and what vehicle must stop so as to not cause collisions. Right of way statutes make traffic flow predictable and our roadways safe. At intersections, R.C. 4511.41(A) provides “[w]hen two vehicles . . . approach or enter an intersection from different streets or highways at approximately the same time, the driver of the vehicle on the left shall yield the right-of-way to the vehicle on the right..”

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