A pedestrian is crossing at an unmarked crosswalk on your side of the roadway at an intersection with no traffic lights. What must you do?
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A.
Stop only if the pedestrian makes eye contact
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B.
Sound your horn to warn the pedestrian to hurry
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C.
Yield to the pedestrian in the crosswalk Correct
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D.
Continue since the crosswalk is unmarked
The answer is "Yield to the pedestrian in the crosswalk"
You yield to a pedestrian in an unmarked crosswalk on your side of the road when the intersection has no traffic lights. Choice D is the paint-triggers-the-rule mistake; drivers assume painted lines are what create the crosswalk, when the manual protects unmarked ones too.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Stop only if the pedestrian makes eye contact
Eye contact is a courtesy, not a legal trigger; the yield applies whether the pedestrian looks up or not. This answer uses eye contact as the switch for who yields, a habit that mistakes negotiation for the rule.
B. Sound your horn to warn the pedestrian to hurry
The yield requires you to give way, not to pressure the pedestrian to move faster. This answer reads a horn as a way to reclaim the right of way, which the manual never grants to the driver here.
D. Continue since the crosswalk is unmarked
The manual assigns the same yield obligation to unmarked crosswalks at intersections without traffic lights. This answer assumes paint on the pavement is what creates the crosswalk, so an unpainted one carries no obligation.
This question tests your knowledge of Right of Way in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Pedestrian Right of Way," p.27..
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