Chapter 89 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-
Section 12. In any city or town which votes to accept the provisions of this section, no pedestrian shall cross a roadway intersection diagonally unless authorized by official traffic-control devices; and, when authorized to cross diagonally, pedestrians shall cross only in accordance with the official traffic-control devices pertaining to such crossing movements. Pedestrians shall not walk against a signal light and cross at any place except in a marked crosswalk between adjacent intersections at which traffic control signals are in operation.
Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be fined $25 for a first offense and up to $100 for a second or subsequent offense.
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