Parma, OH Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

03 sets Parma's right-of-way rules for pedestrians crossing a roadway. Division (a) requires any pedestrian crossing at a point other than a marked crosswalk, or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, to yield the right-of-way to all vehicles on the roadway, which covers the ordinary mid-block jaywalking scenario. Division (b) applies the same yield duty where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead crossing has been built, meaning a pedestrian who bypasses the structure and crosses at street level still must yield. Division (c) goes further between adjacent signalized intersections: pedestrians there may not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk, a flat prohibition rather than a yield requirement, effectively making mid-block crossing illegal on signal-controlled blocks.

Division (d) separately bars diagonal crossing through an intersection unless the traffic-control devices specifically authorize it. Division (e) clarifies that none of this relieves a driver of the ordinary duty to exercise due care to avoid hitting a pedestrian, so a pedestrian's jaywalking does not excuse careless driving. C. 04, which requires pedestrians to keep to the right half of a crosswalk when practicable.