Norman, OK Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

Article 32-VIII, Pedestrians, sets Norman's jaywalking rules across two sections. NCC 32-805 bars a pedestrian from suddenly stepping off a curb or other place of safety into the path of an oncoming vehicle that is too close for the driver to stop, and it requires anyone crossing outside a marked crosswalk to take the shortest route straight across, at right angles to the curb, rather than angling across traffic. Diagonal crossing at an intersection is barred unless the City has posted a traffic-control device authorizing it, and pedestrians using an authorized diagonal crossing must still follow whatever movement that signal calls for.

NCC 32-806 layers on a stricter rule for two situations: between adjacent intersections where traffic signals are operating, and on any street classified as a through street, a pedestrian must use a marked crosswalk and may not cross mid-block at all. Where a crosswalk is used, pedestrians are directed to keep to its right half whenever that is practical, mirroring the lane discipline expected of vehicles. Companion sections in the same article set the flip side of the rule: NCC 32-804 requires a pedestrian crossing outside any crosswalk to yield the right-of-way to vehicles, and NCC 32-807 requires drivers to yield to a pedestrian who is lawfully inside a marked crosswalk. Norman Police traffic enforcement applies these sections at OU-adjacent corridors and near Campus Corner, where student pedestrian volume is heaviest.