Indio, CA Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)
Key Facts
- Rule
- cross at right angles or marked crosswalks
- Enforcement
- limited to unsafe crossings
- Standard
- 'immediate danger of a collision'
- Amended by
- Ord. 1788 (11-16-2022)
Summary
Indio requires pedestrians to cross at right angles or in a marked crosswalk, but § 70.160 bars a stop or citation for jaywalking unless a reasonably careful person would see an immediate danger of a collision.
No pedestrian shall cross a roadway at any place other than by a route at right angles to the curb or by the shortest route to the opposite curb except in a marked crosswalk. A pedestrian shall not be stopped for a violation of division (A) unless a reasonably careful person would realize there is an immediate danger of a collision with a moving vehicle or other device moving exclusively by human power.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4796010; v13 updated 2026-02-04; through 02-04-2026).
Full Breakdown
Under § 70.160(A), pedestrians must cross a roadway by a right-angle route to the curb, the shortest route to the opposite curb, or in a marked crosswalk. But (B), added by Ord. 1788 in 2022, limits enforcement: a pedestrian can't be stopped for violating (A) unless a reasonably careful person would recognize immediate collision danger with a moving vehicle or human-powered device. (C) preserves both the pedestrian's and driver's ordinary duty of care regardless of enforcement.
Violations & Fines
A jaywalking stop or citation is only lawful where an officer can point to an immediate collision danger; absent that, § 70.160(B) bars enforcement even though the crossing itself violated (A).
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