R.I. Gen. Laws § 31-18-22: Public information and education on the rights of pedestrians.

A program of public information and education designed to educate the motoring public to the rights of pedestrians shall be developed by the department of transportation’s office on highway safety. The department of transportation’s office on highway safety, in cooperation with the department of health, shall study the effectiveness of the implementation of this section and shall submit to the general assembly a report containing its findings by July 1, 2000.