Pedestrians’ and bicyclists’ right-of-way.

1. Where traffic-control signals are not in place or in operation, the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian or a person riding a bicycle crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except as otherwise provided in this chapter . 2. A person convicted of a violation of this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, subsection 7 . [C39, § 5027.03; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §321.327 ] 2000 Acts, ch 1203, §13 ; 2001 Acts, ch 137, §5 ; 2010 Acts, ch 1190, §48 ; 2024 Acts, ch 1137, §5 Referred to in §321.325 , 321.482A , 805.8A(7)(h) Additional penalties for violations causing serious injury or death, see §321.482A