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title: O.C.G.A. § 40-6-90. Pedestrians to obey traffic-control devices and traffic regulations.
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# O.C.G.A. § 40-6-90. Pedestrians to obey traffic-control devices and traffic regulations.

(a) A pedestrian shall obey the instructions of any official traffic-control device specifically applicable to him, unless otherwise directed by a police officer.

(b) Pedestrians shall be subject to traffic and pedestrian control signals as provided in Code Sections 40-6-21 and 40-6-22.

(c) At all other places, pedestrians shall be accorded the privileges and shall be subject to the restrictions stated in this chapter.

## History

Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 77; Code 1933, § 68A-501, enacted by Ga. L. 1974, p. 633, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.