1. (1) Road authorities may regulate the movement of pedestrians upon highways within their jurisdictions by doing any of the following:

   1. (a) Establishing marked crosswalks and designating them by appropriate marking.
   2. (b) Closing a marked or unmarked crosswalk and prohibiting pedestrians from crossing a roadway where a crosswalk has been closed by placing and maintaining signs giving notice of closure.
   3. (c) Prohibiting pedestrians from crossing a highway at any place other than within a marked or unmarked crosswalk.
2. (2) This section neither grants authority to nor limits the authority of the Department of Transportation.

[1983 c.338 §152]