A steady, WALK or symbolic person display means that a pedestrian may enter the roadway and proceed in the direction of the indication. A flashing, DON'T WALK or symbolic hand display means that a pedestrian may not start to cross the roadway in the direction of the indication, but that the pedestrian who has partly completed crossing during the steady WALK may continue crossing. A steady DON'T WALK display means that a pedestrian cannot legally start crossing the roadway.
Pedestrians still have to exercise sound judgement when crossing a roadway.
Begin your crossing when the WALK appears. WALK - there is still adequate time to complete crossing before opposing traffic is released. Whenever crossing a roadway, regardless of the presence or absence of pedestrian signals, minimize the time you spend in the roadway. By law, vehicles have to yield to pedestrians lawfully within the intersection. All rights Reserved.