CHAPTER 471

An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-231 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to the right of way of pedestrians.
[H 370]

Approved March 31, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46.1-231 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted
as follows:

§ 46.1-231. (a) The driver of any vehicle upon a highway within
a business or residence district shall yield the right of way to a pedestrian
crossing such highway within any clearly marked crosswalk or any regu-
lar pedestrian crossing included in the prolongation of the lateral boun-
dary lines of the adjacent sidewalk at the end of a block, except at
intersections where the movement of traffic is being regulated by traffic
officers or traffic direction devices.

(b) No pedestrian shall enter or cross an intersection in disregard
of approaching traffic.

(c) The drivers of vehicles entering, crossing or turning at inter-
sections shall change their course, slow down or come to a complete stop
if necessary to permit pedestrians to cross such intersections safely and
expeditiously.

(d) Pedestrians crossing highways or streets at intersections shall
at all times have the right of way over vehicles making turns into the
highways or streets being crossed by the pedestrians.

(e) () Notwithstanding the provisions contained in § 46.1-1 (1) of
the Code of Virginia, as used in this section, “business district” means the
territory contiguous to a highway where fifty per centum or more of the
total frontage, on either side of the highway for a distance of one hundred
and fifty feet or more is used for business purposes.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions contained in § 46.1-1 (24), as
used in this section “residence district’ means the territory contiguous to
a highway not comprising a business district where fifty per centum or
more of the total frontage, on either side of the highway for a distance
of one hundred and fifty feet or more is used for residential purposes.