Colorado § 42-4-801 - Pedestrian obedience to traffic control devices and traffic regulations.
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§ 42-4-801. Pedestrian obedience to traffic control devices and traffic regulations.
(1) A pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any official traffic control device specifically applicable to the pedestrian, unless otherwise directed by a police officer.
(2) Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic and pedestrian-control signals as provided in sections 42-4-604 and 42-4-802 (5).
(3) At all other places, pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and shall be subject to the restrictions stated in this title.
(4) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.
Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2352, § 1, effective January 1, 1995.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-4-701 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-801 was relocated to § 42-4-901.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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