Rock Hill, SC Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 18-333, crossing outside crosswalk
- Yield duty
- Pedestrian yields to vehicles outside a crosswalk
- Signalized blocks
- Marked-crosswalk-only rule between signal-controlled intersections
- Diagonal crossing
- Barred unless a traffic device allows it
- Penalty
- Up to $500 fine or 30 days jail
Summary
Rock Hill requires pedestrians crossing outside a marked or unmarked intersection crosswalk to yield to all vehicles on the roadway, and bars crossing anywhere but a marked crosswalk between signalized intersections or wherever a midblock crosswalk already exists. Diagonal crossing is illegal unless a traffic device authorizes it. Rock Hill police can cite violators under the Code's general penalty.
(a)Every pedestrian crossing a roadway at any point other than within a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.(b)Any pedestrian crossing a roadway at a point where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided shall yield the right-of-way to all vehicles upon the roadway.(c)Between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk.(d)No pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally unless authorized by official traffic control devices, and when authorized to cross diagonally pedestrians shall cross only in accordance with the official traffic control devices pertaining to such crossing movements.(e)Between adjacent intersections at which there exists marked pedestrian crosswalks and where there is also a marked midblock crosswalk, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk.
Full Breakdown
City Code § 18-333, in Chapter 18's pedestrian article, sets out when a person crossing outside a crosswalk bears the legal risk. ' The section tightens further in two specific settings: subsection (c) provides that 'between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are in operation, pedestrians shall not cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk,' and subsection (e), added by Ordinance No. ' Diagonal crossing at an intersection is likewise restricted under subsection (d) unless official traffic control devices authorize it. A companion section, § 18-332, requires drivers to yield to pedestrians lawfully inside a marked crosswalk, but that yield duty does not apply under the conditions § 18-333(b) sets for tunnels and overhead crossings. 00 or 30 days, with the case heard in Rock Hill Municipal Court.
Violations & Fines
Crossing mid-block outside a marked crosswalk, or crossing against the marked-crosswalk-only rule between signalized intersections, exposes a pedestrian to a citation under § 1-11's general penalty: a fine up to $500.00 or up to 30 days imprisonment, with the case heard in Rock Hill Municipal Court. Officers issue this citation after a collision or a specific complaint; it is not enforced through routine patrol.
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