Civil Model Jury Charge 5.30C crosswalk duty
5.32C Duty of DRIVERS AND PedestrianS Crossing at MARKED OR UNMARKED CROSSWALK (Approved 6/10)
In
addition to considering the general duty I have just described (Model
Civil Charge 5.30 G-2), you are required to consider the following
statutory provisions that involve pedestrians crossing at marked or
unmarked crosswalks which are part of our New Jersey Motor Vehicle Act. They are referred to in N.J.S.A.
39:4-36 which provides, in part that the driver of a vehicle shall
yield the right of way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a
marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection.
The
driver of a vehicle shall stop and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian
to cross the road within a marked crosswalk when the pedestrian is
upon, or within one lane of, half of the roadway upon which the vehicle
is traveling or onto which it is turning. Half
of the roadway means all traffic lanes conveying traffic is one
direction of travel, and includes the entire width of a one-way roadway.
No
pedestrian shall leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run
into the path of a vehicle which is so close that it is impossible for
the driver to yield or stop.
In
the event of a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian within a
marked crosswalk, or at an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, there
shall be a permissive inference that the driver did not exercise due
care for the safety of the pedestrian.
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