{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-189.570","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 189.570","heading":"Pedestrians.","body":"(1) Pedestrians shall obey the instruction of any official traffic control devices\nspecifically applicable to them, unless otherwise directed by a police officer or\nother officially designated persons.\n(2) Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic and pedestrian  control signals as provided in\nKRS 189.231 and 189.338.\n(3) At all other places, pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and shall be subject\nto the restrictions stated in this chapter.\n(4) When traffic control signals are not in place or in operation the operator of a vehicle\nshall yield the right -of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a\npedestrian crossing the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when the\npedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be\nin danger.\n(5) Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked\ncrosswalk at an intersection, to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the\noperator of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not ov ertake and pass\nthe stopped vehicle.\n(6) (a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point other than within a marked\ncrosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the\nright-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.\n(b) Any pedes trian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or\noverhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right-of-way to\nall vehicles upon the roadway.\n(c) Between adjacent intersections within the city limits of every city at which\ntraffic control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place\nexcept in a marked crosswalk.\n(d) Notwithstanding other provisions of this subsection or the provisions of any\nlocal ordinance, every operator of a vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid\ncolliding with any pedestrian and shall give warning by sounding the horn\nwhen necessary and shall ex ercise proper precaution upon observing a child\nor an obviously confused or incapacitated person upon a roadway.\n(7) The operator of a vehicle shall not drive through or within a safety zone.\n(8) The operator of a vehicle shall yield the right -of-way to an y pedestrian on a\nsidewalk.\n(9) A pedestrian shall not suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run\ninto the path of a vehicle which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard.\n(10) A pedestrian shall not cross a roadway intersectio n diagonally unless authorized by\nofficial traffic control devices; and, when authorized to cross diagonally,\npedestrians shall cross only in accordance with the official traffic control devices\npertaining to such crossing movements.\n(11) Pedestrians shall move, whenever practicable, upon the right half of crosswalks.\n(12) Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, it shall be unlawful for any\npedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.\n(13) Where a sidewalk is not available, any pe destrian walking along and upon a\nhighway shall walk only on a shoulder, as far as practicable from the edge of the\nroadway.\n(14) Where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, any pedestrian walking on or\nalong a highway shall walk as near as practicable to an outside edge of the roadway,\nand, if on a two-way roadway shall walk only on the left side of the roadway.\n(15) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any pedestrian upon a roadway shall\nyield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.\n(16) A pedestrian who is under the influence of alcohol or any kind of drug to a degree\nwhich renders himself or herself a hazard shall not walk or be upon a highway\nexcept on a sidewalk.\n(17) A pedestrian shall not enter or remain upon any bridge or approach thereto beyond\nthe bridge signal, gate, or barrier, after a bridge operation signal indication has been\ngiven.\n(18) A pedestrian shall not pass through, around, over, or under any crossing gate or\nbarrier at a railroad grade crossing or bridge while such gate or barrier is closed or\nis being opened or closed.\n(19) A person shall not stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride.\n(20) A person shall not stand on a roadway for the purpose of soliciting employment or\nbusiness from the occupant of any vehicle.\n(21) A person shall not stand on a highway for the purpose of soliciting contributions\nunless such soliciting is designated by the presence of a traffic control device or\nwarning signal or an emergency vehicle or public safety vehicle  as defined in KRS\n189.910 making use of the flashing, rotating or oscillating red, blue, or yellow\nlights on such devices or vehicles.\n(22) A person shall not stand on or in proximity to a street or highway for the purpose of\nsoliciting the watching or gu arding of any vehicle while parked or about to be\nparked on a street or highway.\n(23) A person shall not occupy any portion of a state -maintained right -of-way in\nviolation of KRS 189.572.\n(24) Upon the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle equipped wi th and\noperating one (1) or more flashing, rotating, or oscillating red or blue lights visible\nunder normal conditions from a distance of five hundred (500) feet to the front of\nsuch vehicle, and the operator of which is giving audible signal by siren, exh aust\nwhistle, or bell, every pedestrian shall yield the right -of-way to the emergency\nvehicle.\n(25) This section shall not relieve the operator of an emergency vehicle from the duty to:\n(a) Drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway; and\n(b) Exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian.","path":["KRS Chapter 189"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=57273","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:51:43Z","sha256":"e6d50ea9a13f1d2a74c23e233620fa7bbe0574e450b2ae052895aa4822d5ade3","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-189.565","next":"us-ky/krs-189.572"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}