{"data":{"id":"us-pa/75-pa.c.s.-3544","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"75 Pa.C.S. § 3544","heading":"Pedestrians walking along or on highway.","body":"(a) Mandatory use of available sidewalk.--Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, it is unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.\n(b) Absence of sidewalk.--Where a sidewalk is not available, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk only on a shoulder as far as practicable from the edge of the roadway.\n(c) Absence of sidewalk and shoulder.--Where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk as near as practicable to an outside edge of the roadway and, if on a two-way roadway, shall walk only on the left side of the roadway.\n(d) Right-of-way to vehicles.--Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, any pedestrian upon a roadway shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.","path":["Title 75 - VEHICLES","PART III OPERATION OF VEHICLES","CHAPTER 35 SPECIAL VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS","SUBCHAPTER C RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF PEDESTRIANS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=75\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=35\u0026sctn=44\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 75 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:35:49Z","sha256":"97dd4f5600e13801148d47b78275dcdd02ccb7d69775b6a0f0aad11dfd731017","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/75-pa.c.s.-3543","next":"us-pa/75-pa.c.s.-3545"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}