Skowhegan, ME Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

The pedestrian duties in the Town of Skowhegan, Maine sit inside Sec. 13, the traffic-control signal legend of the Town's Traffic Ordinance (October 27, 2020 version). On a green signal, pedestrians may proceed across the roadway within any marked or unmarked crosswalk, unless a pedestrian-control signal under 29 M.R.S.A. Section 950 says otherwise, and not when the only green is a turn arrow. On a steady yellow, a pedestrian is advised that there is not enough time to cross before red, and no pedestrian shall then start to cross the roadway. On a steady red alone, pedestrians shall not enter the roadway. Sec. 13(D) carries the same rules to an official signal placed away from an intersection.

The ordinance defines a pedestrian as any person afoot, and its crosswalk definition covers lines or other markings on the roadway surface at an intersection or elsewhere. Sec. 15 authorizes the Board of Selectmen to establish and maintain crosswalks at intersections where there is particular danger to pedestrians and at other places it deems necessary. Drivers carry matching duties: Sec. 13 requires vehicles to yield to pedestrians lawfully in the intersection or an adjacent crosswalk, Sec. 29 bars a driver from passing a vehicle stopped at a crosswalk to let someone cross, and Sec. 31 requires a driver leaving a private road, alley or driveway to yield to any pedestrian on the sidewalk or public way.

The Traffic Ordinance prints no separate mid-block crossing offense and no fine specific to pedestrians. Where an act is prohibited and no specific penalty is printed, Sec. 2 makes the violation a civil violation with a forfeiture set by the Board of Selectmen, plus costs, and each offense is a separate violation. The ordinance names the Skowhegan Police Department as the enforcing body for parking, and its Sec. 3 and Sec. 55 procedures are written for vehicles, so a pedestrian case rests on Sec. 13 and Sec. 2.