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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>366385</law_id><section_number>46.2-926</section_number><catch_line>Pedestrians stepping into highway where they cannot be seen</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="101" identifier="46.2">Motor Vehicles</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="III">Operation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Regulation of Traffic</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="19" identifier="16">Pedestrians</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No pedestrian shall step into a <span class="dictionary">highway</span> open to moving vehicular traffic at any point between <span class="dictionary">intersections</span> where his presence would be obscured from the vision of <span class="dictionary">drivers</span> of approaching <span class="dictionary">vehicles</span> by a <span class="dictionary">vehicle</span> or other obstruction at the curb or side. The foregoing prohibition shall not apply to a pedestrian stepping into a <span class="dictionary">highway</span> to board a bus or to enter a <span class="dictionary">safety zone</span>, in which event he shall cross the <span class="dictionary">highway</span> only at right angles. <a id="paragraph-1364505" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-926/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">law</span>-enforcement officer</span> shall stop a pedestrian for a violation of this section. No <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> discovered or obtained as the result of a stop in violation of this subsection, including <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> discovered or obtained with the person&#x2019;s consent, shall be <span class="dictionary">admissible</span> in any <span class="dictionary">trial</span>, <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, or other proceeding. <a id="paragraph-1364506" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/46.2-926/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 46-245; 1958, c. 541, &#xA7; 46.1-232; 1989, c. 727; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 45, 51.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
