Twin Falls, ID Public Conduct: Jaywalking (2026)

Chapter 10 of Title 9, part of the Twin Falls Traffic Vehicular and Pedestrian Code adopted by the Twin Falls City Council, sets the crossing rules for people on foot in the City of Twin Falls, Idaho. Section 9-10-1 makes pedestrians subject to the traffic-control signals covered in Chapter 5 of the title, and at every other place they carry the rights and restrictions stated in the chapter.

Three rules do the work. First, under § 9-10-3(A), every pedestrian crossing at any point other than a marked crosswalk, or an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, yields the right of way to all vehicles on the roadway. Section 9-10-3(B) imposes the same duty on anyone crossing where a pedestrian tunnel or overhead pedestrian crossing has been provided. Second, § 9-10-4(A) bars crossing at any place except a crosswalk between adjacent intersections at which traffic-control signals are in operation, and § 9-10-4(B) bars crossing other than in a crosswalk on any of the through streets set out in the code. Third, § 9-10-2(C) requires a route at right angles to the curb, or the shortest route to the opposite curb, except in a crosswalk.

Section 9-1-6 defines a crosswalk in two ways: the part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the highway, and any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface. A painted mid-block crossing therefore counts.

Drivers have a matching duty in § 9-10-2(A). When traffic-control signals are not in place or not in operation, the driver yields to a pedestrian crossing within a crosswalk who is in or approaching the driver's lane, slowing or stopping if need be. The pedestrian carries a duty too: no pedestrian can suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle so close that the driver cannot yield. A second driver approaching from the rear cannot overtake and pass a vehicle stopped at a crosswalk to let someone cross.