What Duty Do I Have to Avoid Accidents as a Pedestrian in California?
In California, pedestrians must use reasonable care and obey traffic signals and crosswalk rules, and can be assigned partial fault under pure comparative negligence (Civil Code §1714). You generally must yield to vehicles when crossing outside a crosswalk and may only jaywalk when it’s safe under the Freedom to Walk Act (AB 2147). This article […]
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