Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:216 – Pedestrians on highways or interstate highways
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:216
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way or place of whatever nature publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel, including bridges, causeways, tunnels and ferries; synonymous with the word "street". See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Interstate highway: means a fully controlled access highway which is a part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Pedestrian: means any person afoot or utilizing a mobility aid. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Shoulder: means the portion of the highway contiguous with the roadway for accommodation of stopped vehicles, for emergency use, pedestrian use, mobility aid use, bicycle use, and for lateral support of base and surface. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, and other conveyances either singly or together while using any highway for purposes of travel. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
A. Where sidewalks are provided, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent highway.
B. Where sidewalks are not provided, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall, when practicable, walk only on the left side of the highway or its shoulder, facing traffic which may approach from the opposite direction.
C. It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to cross an interstate highway, except in the case of an emergency.
D. Upon conviction of a violation of this Section, a court may order, in lieu of the penalty provisions provided in La. Rev. Stat. 32:57, that the offender perform three eight-hour days of court-approved community service activities, at least half of which shall consist of participation in a litter abatement or collection program.
Acts 1962, No. 310, §1; Acts 2001, No. 585, §1.