OSCN Found Document:Pedestrian's Use of Sidewalks and Bridges
Title 47. Motor Vehicles

Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
  Title 47. Motor Vehicles
    Chapter 11 - Rules of the Road
        Section 11-506 - Pedestrian's Use of Sidewalks and Bridges
Cite as: O.S. §, __ __


(a) Where sidewalks are provided, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.

(b) Where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall, when practicable, walk only on the left side of the roadway or its shoulder facing traffic which may approach from the opposite direction and shall yield to approaching vehicles.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to enter upon any portion of a bridge for the purpose of diving or jumping therefrom into a lake, river or stream for recreation, and it shall be unlawful for a pedestrian to use a bridge where sidewalks are not provided for the purpose of standing or sightseeing.

Historical Data


Laws 1961, HB 556, p. 380, § 11-506, eff. September 1, 1961; Amended by Laws 1986, HB 1633, c. 279, § 20, emerg. eff. July 1, 1986.

Citationizer© Summary of Documents Citing This Document
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Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Cases
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 2022 OK CR 21, 516 P.3d 1164, O'CONNOR v. OKLAHOMA STATE CONFERENCE OF NAACPCited
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None Found.