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Pedestrians A 2-minute lesson from the Nebraska course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Read time 2 minutes
Course unit Sharing the Road & Crashes
Checkpoint questions 5
Source pages 60, 77 Pedestrians have no protection in a crash. Expect them anywhere and at any time, and always yield to them.
Be alert for pedestrians: Crossing mid-street, especially near schools, parks and residential areas Who disregard or misjudge signals and walk against the light In your path when you turn Especially where right or left turns on red are allowed Handbook p. 77 ↗ Know the rule
At stop signs or red lights, come to a complete stop behind the crosswalk, marked or unmarked.
Handbook p. 77 ↗ Know the rule
Don't pass a vehicle that has stopped for a pedestrian. It may block your view of the person in the street.
Handbook p. 77 ↗ Know the rule
Always give the right-of-way to a blind or visually impaired person using a white cane or service dog: stop and stay stopped until they're clear of the roadway.
Handbook p. 77 ↗ Know the rule
Yield to all pedestrians within crosswalks. Slow down and be ready to stop if needed.
Handbook p. 60 ↗ 3 feet Minimum clearance to leave around any pedestrian on a roadway
Handbook p. 60 ↗ Put it into practice
In the lane next to you, a car stops at a midblock crosswalk with no signal. Don't pass it. Stop too: a pedestrian may be crossing where you can't see.
A useful reminder A car stopped at a crosswalk is your warning: stop, don't pass.
Check your understanding Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Drivers should expect pedestrians: Only near marked crosswalks Only during daylight hours Only in school zones Anywhere, at any time Answer: Anywhere, at any time
Pedestrians should be expected anywhere, at any time.
Handbook p. 77 ↗ Why should you avoid passing a vehicle that has stopped for a pedestrian? The stopped vehicle may be blocking your view of the pedestrian It is only a courtesy, not a safety issue The stopped vehicle may pull out suddenly You would have to cross the center line Answer: The stopped vehicle may be blocking your view of the pedestrian
A stopped vehicle can hide a pedestrian from your view.
Handbook p. 77 ↗ At intersections where right or left turns on red are allowed, drivers should be: Free to turn without checking for pedestrians Especially alert for pedestrians Required to wait for a green light only Only concerned with oncoming vehicles Answer: Especially alert for pedestrians
Extra alertness for pedestrians is needed where turns on red are allowed.
Handbook p. 77 ↗ When approaching a marked or unmarked crosswalk at a stop sign or red light, drivers should: Stop only if a pedestrian is visible Roll slowly through if the way looks clear Come to a complete stop behind the crosswalk Stop only at marked crosswalks, never unmarked ones Answer: Come to a complete stop behind the crosswalk
Drivers must stop behind the crosswalk, marked or unmarked.
Handbook p. 77 ↗ A blind or visually impaired pedestrian using a white cane or service dog must be given: The right-of-way only at marked crosswalks Priority only if a companion is present No special consideration beyond normal caution The right-of-way Answer: The right-of-way
Drivers must stop and remain stopped for this pedestrian, anywhere.
Handbook p. 77 ↗ Previous lesson Bicyclists Next lesson School buses and snowplows More in Sharing the Road & Crashes About the source Roadwise’s Nebraska course uses the driver handbook edition supplied with this study pack. This lesson cites source pages 60, 77. The linked PDF is a third-party mirror of the handbook, rather than a government-hosted page.
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