UTC    SECURITY GRAM

                                             DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

                                             DALE MACMcNEELY-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 5st 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 PEDESTRIAN AND
DRIVER IS BEST APPROACH TO USE FOR ENTERING A CROSSWALK.



TENNESSEE TRAFFIC CODE 55-8-134.  PEDESTRIANSRIGHT-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 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 A DANGER.



**     NO PEDESTRIAN 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 PEDESTRIAN 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.





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