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                         SECURITY GRAM
                  DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
                                 DALE "MAC" McNEELY-DIRECTOR


                                                       PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS

THERE ARE SEVERAL PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS ON THE UTC CAMPUS.  THE MOST HEAVILY
USED CROSSWALKS ARE LOCATED AT DOUGLAS AND OAK; DOUGLAS AND VINE; 5TH ST. AT
THE PARKING GARAGE AND 5TH ST. IN FRONT OF HOLT HALL.  AS A PEDESTRIAN OR
DRIVER  YOU ARE OBLIGATED TO USE EXTRA-ORDINARY CARE WHEN APPROACHING  A
CROSSWALK. COMMON COURTESY AND RESPECT BY THE PEDESTRAIN AND DRIVER IS BEST
APPROACH TO USE FOR ENTERING A CROSSWALK.

Now that McCallie Avenue and MLK Blvd. Have been changed into two way
traffic it is vital to the safety of all Students, Faculty and Staff to obey
the crosswalk law.  Be sure to look both ways before crossing the street and
always use the crosswalks and traffic lights provided.

TENNESSEE TRAFFIC CODE 55-8-134.  PEDESTRIANS' RIGHT-OF-WAY IN CROSSWALKS.
 **     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 TO SO YIELD, TO A PEDESTRAIN 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 APPPROACHING SO CLOSELY
FROM THE OPPOSITE HALF OF THE ROADWAY AS TO BE A DANGER.

**     NO PEDESTRAIN SHALL SUDDENLY LEAVE A CURB OR OTHER PLACE OF SAFETY
AND WALK OR RUN INTO THE PATH OF A VEHICLE WHICH IS SO CLOSE THAT IT IS
IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE DRIVER TO YIELD.

**    WHENEVER ANY VEHICLE IS STOPPED AT A MARKED CROSSWALK OR AT ANY
UNMARKED CROSSWALK AT AN INTERSECTION TO PERMIT A PEDESTRAIN TO CROSS THE
ROADWAY, THE DRIVER OF ANY OTHER VEHICLE APPROACHING FROM THE REAR SHALL NOT
OVERTAKE AND PASS SUCH STOPPED VEHICLE.

TENNESSEE TRAFFIC CODE 55-8-104.  OBEDIENCE TO POLICE OFFICER.
**    NO PERSON SHALL WILLFULLY FAIL OR REFUSE TO COMPLY WITH ANY LAWFUL
ORDER OR DIRECTION OF ANY POLICE OFFICER INVESTED BY LAW WITH AUTHORITY TO
DIRECT, CONTROL OR REGULATE TRAFFIC.

ANY VIOLATION OF THE ABOVE LAWS ARE A CLASS "C" MISDEMEANOR AND IS
PUNISHABLE BY A ELEVEN (11) MONTHS TWENTY NINE (29) DAYS IN JAIL AND OR
FINES AS ORDERED BY THE JUSTICE SYSTEM.

We have also had several complaints in reference to individuals on cell
phones that walk out into traffic without looking either way before
crossing.  Please be courteous to vehicles and keep your self safe.




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