{"data":{"id":"us-ca/veh-21956","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"VEH § 21956","heading":"","body":"(a) A pedestrian shall not walk upon a roadway outside of a business or residence district otherwise than close to the pedestrian’s left-hand edge of the roadway.\n(b) A pedestrian may walk close to their right-hand edge of the roadway if a crosswalk or other means of safely crossing the roadway is not available or if existing traffic or other conditions would compromise the safety of a pedestrian attempting to cross the road.\n(c) (1) A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, shall not stop a pedestrian for a violation of this section unless a reasonably careful person would realize there is an immediate danger of a collision with a moving vehicle or other device moving exclusively by human power.\n(2) This subdivision does not relieve a pedestrian from the duty of using due care for their safety.\n(3) This subdivision does not relieve a driver of a vehicle from the duty of exercising due care for the safety of any pedestrian within the roadway.","path":["Vehicle Code - VEH","DIVISION 11. RULES OF THE ROAD [21000. - 23336.]","CHAPTER 5. Pedestrians’ Rights and Duties [21949. - 21971.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"48e77e9691cc8c828af55e24395a346f4ddff4f12e4f09f29acb6024d32409c1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/veh-21955","next":"us-ca/veh-21957"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}