Collierville, TN Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)
Key Facts
- Walk signal
- Pedestrians proceed; drivers of all vehicles give right-of-way (§ 72.09(A))
- Wait or Don't Walk
- No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway (§ 72.09(B))
- Steady red or yellow
- Pedestrians shall not enter roadway without a walk signal (§ 72.07)
- General duty
- Pedestrians must obey traffic-control signs, signals, markings (§ 70.20(A))
- Penalty
- Fine up to $50 or state maximum, whichever is greater
- Enforcement
- Collierville Police Department
Summary
In the Town of Collierville, Tennessee, no pedestrian can start across the roadway against a Wait or Don't Walk signal, and § 70.20 makes it unlawful for any pedestrian to disobey a traffic-control sign, signal or marking. The Collierville Police Department enforces it under the Town's general penalty of up to $50 or the state maximum, whichever is greater.
Wherever special pedestrian control signals exhibiting the words “Walk” or “Wait” or “Don’t Walk” have been placed or erected by the municipality, such signals shall apply as follows. (A) “Walk.” Pedestrians facing such signals may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal and shall be given the right-of-way by the drivers of all vehicles. (B) “Wait or Don’t Walk.” No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of such signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed his or her crossing on the walk signal shall proceed to the nearest sidewalk or safety zone while the wait signal is showing.
Full Breakdown
Section 72.09 of the Collierville Code of Ordinances governs the special pedestrian control signals showing "Walk," "Wait" or "Don't Walk" that the Town has erected. On Walk, pedestrians facing the signal can proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal, and the drivers of all vehicles must give them the right-of-way. On Wait or Don't Walk, no pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in that direction. A pedestrian who has partially completed the crossing on the walk signal shall proceed to the nearest sidewalk or safety zone while the wait signal is showing.
Section 72.07 carries the same discipline to ordinary traffic signals. Under division (A), a pedestrian facing a steady yellow, a steady red, or a steady red with a green arrow shall not enter the roadway unless a pedestrian walk signal authorizes it, while a pedestrian facing green can proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk. Drivers turning on green must yield to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk.
Section 70.20 sits over both rules. Division (A) makes it unlawful for any pedestrian or the operator of any vehicle to violate or fail to comply with any traffic-control sign, signal, marking or device placed or erected by the state or the municipality, unless a police officer directs otherwise. Division (B) makes it unlawful for any pedestrian or driver to willfully fail to comply with the reasonable directions of a police officer.
These sections do not use the word jaywalking. The Town ties the pedestrian duty to signs, signals, markings and officer directions in the Board of Mayor and Aldermen's traffic code. Section 72.28(A)(5) separately bars parking within a pedestrian crosswalk, which keeps marked crossings clear.
Violations & Fines
A violation of § 70.20 or § 72.09 is an offense against the Town's ordinances. Sections 70.99 and 10.99 set the penalty at a fine of not more than $50 or the maximum amount permitted by state law, whichever is greater, for each offense, and a separate offense is deemed committed for each day of violation. The Collierville Police Department enforces the traffic code.
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