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Ai~ ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIR- GIDIA, 1961, BY AMENDING SECTION 18-195 TI~REOF PERTAINING TO RIGHT OF WAY OF PEDESTRIANS. P~EREAS, the City of Portsmouth is authorized to enact as ordinances certain statutes from the Code of Virginia, provided such ordinances are substantially consistent with the state law~ and WHEREAS, the General Assembly of Virglnza at its 1972 session amended certain of those statutes of the Code of Vir- ginia, 1950; and WHEREAS, it is therefore necessary to amend a certain section of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961 so as to make said section conform to the changes in the Code of Virginia enacted by the General Assembly at its 1972 session. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. That the Code of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, 1961 be amended and reordained to read as follows: Section 18-195. Right of way of pedestrians. (a) The driver of any vehicle upon a highway shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing such highway within any clearly marked crosswalk whether at mid-block or at the end of any block, or any regular pedestrian crossmng included in the prolongation of the lateral boundary lines of the adjacent sidewalk at the end of a block, except at intersections where the movement of traffic is being regulated by traffic officers or traffic direction devices. (b) No pedestrian shall enter or cross an intersection in disregard of approaching traffic. (c) The drivers of vehicles entering, crossing or turning at intersections shall change their course, slow down or come to a complete stop if necessaYv ~o ~-r~ ~c~estrians to cross such intersections safely and cxped]ti~,u~ly. (d) Pedestrians crossing highways or streets at inter- sections shall at all times have the right-of-way over vehicles making turns into the highways or streets being crossed by the pedestrians. That this ordinance shall be effective from and