2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 42 - VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-1-101 — 42-21-106) › REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Article 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC (§§ 42-4-101 — 42-4-2501) › Part 8 - PEDESTRIANS (§§ 42-4-801 — 42-4-808) › Section 42-4-805 - Pedestrians walking or traveling in a wheelchair on highways

(1)
Pedestrians walking or traveling in a wheelchair along and upon highways where sidewalks are not provided shall walk or travel only on a road shoulder as far as practicable from the edge of the roadway. Where neither a sidewalk nor road shoulder is available, any pedestrian walking or traveling in a wheelchair along and upon a highway shall walk as near as practicable to an outside edge of the roadway and, in the case of a two-way roadway, shall walk or travel only on the left side of the roadway facing traffic that may approach from the opposite direction; except that any person lawfully soliciting a ride may stand on either side of such two-way roadway where there is a view of traffic approaching from both directions.
(2)
No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride from the driver of any private vehicle. For the purposes of this subsection (2), "roadway" means that portion of the road normally used by moving motor vehicle traffic.
(3)
It is unlawful for any person who is under the influence of alcohol or of any controlled substance, as defined in section
18-18-102 (5)
, C.R.S., or of any stupefying drug to walk or be upon that portion of any highway normally used by moving motor vehicle traffic.
(4)
This section applying to pedestrians shall also be applicable to riders of animals.
(5)
Any city or town may, by ordinance, regulate the use by pedestrians of streets and highways under its jurisdiction to the extent authorized under subsection (6) of this section and sections
42-4-110
and
42-4-111
, but no ordinance regulating such use of streets and highways in a manner differing from this section shall be effective until official signs or devices giving notice thereof have been placed as required by section
42-4-111 (2)
.
(6)
No person shall solicit a ride on any highway included in the interstate system, as defined in section
43-2-101 (2)
, C.R.S., except at an entrance to or exit from such highway or at places specifically designated by the department of transportation; or, in an emergency affecting a vehicle or its operation, a driver or passenger of a disabled vehicle may solicit a ride on any highway.
(7)
Pedestrians shall only be picked up where there is adequate road space for vehicles to pull off and not endanger and impede the flow of traffic.
(8)
Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle making use of audible or visual signals meeting the requirements of section
42-4-213
or of a police vehicle properly and lawfully making use of an audible signal only, every pedestrian shall yield the right-of-way to the authorized emergency vehicle and shall leave the roadway and remain off the same until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer. This subsection (8) shall not relieve the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle from the duty to use due care as provided in sections
42-4-108 (4)
and
42-4-807
.
(9)
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.
L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2354, § 1, effective 1/1/1995. L. 96: (8) amended, p. 959, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2012: (3) amended, (HB 12-1311), ch. 281, p. 1632, § 90, effective July 1.
This section is similar to former § 42-4-706 as it existed prior to 1994.
For obstruction of highway or other passageway, see § 18-9-107 .