Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                        CHAPTER 115-H.F.No. 113 
           An act relating to traffic regulations; specifying 
          that a pedestrian lawfully in a crosswalk with 
          pedestrian control signals must be given the 
          right-of-way by all vehicles; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1992, section 169.06, subdivision 6. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 169.06, 
subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 6.  [PEDESTRIAN CONTROL SIGNALS.] Whenever special 
pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words "Walk" or "Don't 
Walk" are in place such signals shall indicate as follows: 
    (a) "Walk", flashing or steady.  Pedestrians facing such 
signals may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the 
signal and shall be given the right-of-way by the drivers of all 
vehicles. 
    (b) "Don't Walk", flashing or steady.  No pedestrian shall 
start to cross the roadway in the direction of such signals, but 
any pedestrian who has partially crossed on the "Walk" signal 
shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety island while the "Don't 
Walk" signal is showing. 
     (c) A pedestrian crossing a roadway in conformity with this 
section is lawfully within the intersection and, when in a 
crosswalk, is lawfully within the crosswalk. 
    Presented to the governor May 7, 1993 
    Signed by the governor May 10, 1993, 2:58 p.m.