Boca Raton Pedestrian Laws and Regulations

Pedestrian laws in Boca Raton are found in Florida Statute 316.130 and Florida Statute 316.075. Examples of the laws that are found in those statutes include:

No pedestrian may jump or dive from a publicly owned bridge
Pedestrians are subject to traffic signals at intersections
Pedestrians crossing the roadway at any point other than within a marked or unmarked crosswalk must yield the right-of-way to the vehicles upon the roadway
Pedestrians are required to keep to the right half of crosswalks.

Get in touch with a team of knowledgeable pedestrian accident attorneys from Kogan & DiSalvo for more insight into Boca Raton pedestrian laws.
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