CHAPTER 706

An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-230 of the Code of Virginia, relating
to how and where pedestrians to cross; crossing intersections di-
agonally in cities and towns.

{[H 658)
Approved April 6, 1966

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
ae That § 46.1-230 of the Code of Virginia be amended and reenacted as

ollows:

§ 46.1-230. (a) When crossing highways or streets, pedestrians
shall not carelessly or maliciously interfere with the orderly passage of
vehicles. They shall cross wherever possible only at intersections, but
where intersections of streets contain no marked crosswalks pedestrians
shall not be guilty of negligence as a matter of law for failure to cross at
said intersection. They shall cross only at right angles. q

(b) The governing body of an incorporated town or city or the
governing body of a county authorized by law to regulate traffic may by
ordinance permit pedestrians to cross an intersection diagonally when all
traffic entering the intersection has been halted by lights, semaphores, or
signals by a peace or police officer.