Oregon, OH Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

03 governs jaywalking in the City of Oregon, Ohio through four operative rules. Subsection (a) requires a pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than a marked crosswalk, or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, to yield the right of way to every vehicle already on the roadway. Subsection (b) applies the same yield duty where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been built, so choosing to cross at street level near one of those structures does not excuse a pedestrian from yielding.

Subsection (c) is the strictest rule: between two adjacent intersections that both have working highway traffic signals, a pedestrian may not cross anywhere except within a marked crosswalk, meaning mid-block crossing is flatly prohibited on a signalized block regardless of traffic conditions. Subsection (d) separately bars crossing an intersection diagonally unless an official traffic control device authorizes it, and even then a pedestrian must follow the device's specific crossing pattern. Subsection (e) preserves a driver's ordinary duty of care to avoid hitting a pedestrian, so the pedestrian's yield obligation does not shift all risk onto pedestrians. C. 48 but is enforced locally as a city ordinance.