Article 21. Behaviour of Drivers Towards Pedestrians
1. Every driver shall avoid behaviour likely to endanger pedestrians.
2. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article
7, paragraph 1,
Article 11, paragraph 9, and
Article 13, paragraph 1, of this Convention, where there is on the
carriageway a pedestrian crossing signposted as such or indicated by markings on
the carriageway:
(a) If vehicular traffic is regulated at that crossing
by traffic light signals or by an authorized official, drivers forbidden to proceed
shall stop short of the crossing or the transverse markings preceding it and, when
they are permitted to proceed, shall not prevent or obstruct the passage of pedestrians
who have stepped on to it; drivers turning into another road at the entrance to
which there is a pedestrian crossing shall do so slowly and give way, if necessary
stopping for this purpose, to pedestrians already using, or about to use, the crossing;
(b) If vehicular traffic is not regulated at that crossing
by traffic light signals or by an authorized official, drivers shall approach the
crossing only at a speed low enough not to endanger pedestrians using, or about
to use, it; if necessary, they shall stop to allow such pedestrians to cross.
3. No provision of this Article shall be construed as preventing Contracting Parties
or subdivisions thereof from:
Requiring drivers of vehicles to stop in all cases when pedestrians are using, or
about to use, a pedestrian crossing signposted as such or indicated by markings
on the carriageway in the conditions laid down in
Article 20 of this Convention, or
Prohibiting them from preventing or obstructing the passage of pedestrians who are
crossing the carriageway at or very near an intersection even if there is at that
point no pedestrian crossing signposted as such or indicated by markings on the
carriageway.
4. Drivers intending to overtake, on the side appropriate to the direction of traffic,
a public transport vehicle at a stop marked as such shall slow down and if necessary
stop to allow passengers to board or alight from that vehicle.
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