Apex, NC Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Apex Town Code § 20-54
- Rule between signals
- Must cross only at marked crosswalks
- With sidewalk present
- Unlawful to walk in roadway
- No sidewalk
- Walk facing traffic, yield to vehicles
- Penalty
- Infraction under G.S. 14-4
Summary
Apex pedestrians crossing outside a marked or unmarked intersection crosswalk must yield to all vehicles on the roadway, under Town Code Chapter 20.
Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon such roadway.(b)Any pedestrian crossing a roadway where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles on the roadway.(c)Between adjacent intersections, at which traffic signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place, except in a marked crosswalk.(d)It shall be unlawful for pedestrians to walk along the traveled portion of the roadway where there is a sidewalk provided. If there is not a sidewalk, the pedestrian shall walk alongside the extreme left side of the roadway, and the pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to all approaching vehicular traffic.(e)The driver of every vehicle shall exercise due care to avoid colliding with any pedestrian upon any roadway and shall give warning by sounding of horn when necessary and shall observe proper precaution upon observing any child or any confused or incapacitated person upon such roadway.(f)A violation of this section is punishable as an infraction as provided by G.S. 14-4. (Code 1973, § 11-52; Ord. No. 2021-1123-40, § 117, 11-23-2021)
State Law reference— Similar law, G.S. 20-174.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 3).
Full Breakdown
Apex Town Code § 20-54 requires any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point other than within a marked crosswalk or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to yield the right-of-way to all vehicles. Between adjacent signalized intersections, pedestrians may not cross except in a marked crosswalk, and where a sidewalk exists, walking along the traveled roadway is unlawful. This sits alongside § 20-53, which gives pedestrians the right-of-way inside marked and unmarked intersection crosswalks. Both sections were last amended by Ord. No. 2021-1123-40 (Nov. 23, 2021); the older "Code 1973, § 11-52" notation is the superseded prior codification, not a current citation.
Violations & Fines
Violation of § 20-54 is punishable as an infraction under G.S. 14-4, the same enforcement mechanism used for the town's other traffic infractions.
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