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(b) No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk <br />or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. <br />(c) Subsection (a) hereof does not apply under the conditions stated in Section <br />371.03(b). <br />(d) Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk. or at any unmarked <br />crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of <br />any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass the stopped <br />vehicle. <br />(ORC 4511.46) <br />371.02 RIGHT OF WAY OF BLIND PERSON. <br />(a) As used in this section "blind person" or "blind pedestrian" means a person <br />having not more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses or <br />visual acuity greater than 20/200 but with a limitation in the fields of vision such that <br />the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty <br />degrees. <br />The driver of every vehicle shall yield the right of way to every blind pedestrian <br />guided by a guide dog, or carrying a cane which is predominately white or metallic in <br />color, with or without a red tip. <br />(b) No person, other than a blind person, while on any public highway, street, <br />alley or other public thoroughfare shall carry a white or metallic cane, with or without a <br />red tip. <br />(ORC 4511.47) <br />371.03 CROSSING ROADWAY OUTSIDE CROSSWALK; DIAGONAL <br />CROSSINGS AT INTERSECTIONS. <br />(a) Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked <br />crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right of <br />way to all vehicles upon the roadway. <br />(b) Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or <br />overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right of way to all traffic <br />upon the roadway. <br />(c) Between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are in <br />operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk. <br />(d) No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally unless authorized <br />by official traffic control devices; and, when authorized to cross diagonally, pedestrians <br />2 <br />