                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PEDESTRIANS STEPPING INTO HIGHWAY WHERE THEY CANNOT BE SEEN (§ 46.2-926)

A. No pedestrian shall step into a highway open to moving vehicular traffic at
any point between intersections where his presence would be obscured from the
vision of drivers of approaching vehicles by a vehicle or other obstruction at
the curb or side. The foregoing prohibition shall not apply to a pedestrian
stepping into a highway to board a bus or to enter a safety zone, in which event
he shall cross the highway only at right angles.

B. No law-enforcement officer shall stop a pedestrian for a violation of this
section. No evidence discovered or obtained as the result of a stop in violation
of this subsection, including evidence discovered or obtained with the
person&#8217;s consent, shall be admissible in any trial, hearing, or other
proceeding.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-245; 1958, c. 541, § 46.1-232; 1989, c. 727; 2020,
Sp. Sess. I, cc. 45, 51.