RCW 46.61.250
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(1)Where sidewalks are provided and are accessible, it is unlawful for any pedestrian to walk or otherwise move along and upon an adjacent roadway. Where sidewalks are provided but wheelchair access is not available, persons with disabilities who require such access may walk or otherwise move along and upon an adjacent roadway until they reach an access point in the sidewalk.
(2)Where sidewalks are not provided or are inaccessible, a pedestrian walking or otherwise moving along and upon a highway, and any personal delivery device moving along and upon a highway, shall:
(a)When shoulders are provided and are accessible, walk or move on the shoulder of the roadway as far as is practicable from the edge of the roadway, facing traffic when a shoulder is available in this direction; or
(b)When shoulders are not provided or are inaccessible, walk or move as near as is practicable to the outside edge of the roadway facing traffic, and when practicable, move clear of the roadway upon meeting an oncoming vehicle.
(3)A pedestrian traveling to the nearest emergency reporting device on a one-way roadway of a controlled access highway is not required to travel facing traffic as otherwise required by subsection
(2)of this section.
(4)When walking or otherwise moving along and upon an adjacent roadway, a pedestrian shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any vehicle upon the roadway.
(5)Subsections
(1)and
(2)of this section do not apply when the roadway is duly closed to vehicular traffic by placement of official traffic control devices for the sole purposes of pedestrian and bicyclist use of the roadway.
(6)Subsections (1), (2), and
(4)of this section do not apply on a shared street as defined in RCW 46.61.197 .
[ 2025 c 300 s 2 ; 2022 c 235 s 3 . Prior: 2019 c 403 s 9 ; 2019 c 214 s 14 ; 1990 c 241 s 6 ; 1965 ex.s. c 155 s 37 .]
Notes:
Rules of court: Monetary penalty schedule — IRLJ 6.2.
Finding — Intent — Effective date — 2019 c 403: See notes following RCW 46.04.071 .
Effective date — 2019 c 214: See note following RCW 46.75.010 .