Delaware Rules Of Walking In The Street For Pedestrians

Does Delaware Law require pedestrians to walk facing opposite direction traffic when walking in the street?

ANSWER: YES!

BET THEY DIDN’T KNOW – see pictures #2-3 & #2-4 below.

Picture #2-3

Picture #2-4

TITLE 21
CHAPTER 41. RULES OF THE ROAD
Subchapter V. Pedestrians’ Rights and Duties

§ 4146. Pedestrians on highways; penalty.
(a) Where a sidewalk is provided and is accessible, it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.
(b) Where a sidewalk is not available, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk facing traffic only on a shoulder, as far as practicable from the edge of the roadway.
(c) Where neither a sidewalk nor a shoulder is available, any pedestrian walking along and upon a highway shall walk as near as practicable to an outside edge of the roadway, and shall walk facing traffic.
(e) This section shall not require that pedestrians on one-way roadways of controlled-access highways walk facing traffic to the nearest emergency reporting device.
(f) Whoever violates this section shall for the first offense be fined not less than $10 nor more than $28.75. For each subsequent like offense, the person shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $50.

Delaware Defensive Driving

Delaware Defensive Driving Inc. has been providing State of Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles approved Basic and Refresher (aka “Advanced”) defensive driving courses since 1992. Based in Wilmington, Delaware over 135,000 certificates of completion have been issued to Delaware drivers over the last 32 years.