Handicapped persons with white cane or dog, driver to take all necessary precautions
If a driver is approaching a person with a disability who is carrying a white or metallic cane or using a guide dog, hearing dog, or service dog, the driver must yield to that person. If the driver does not yield and the person or their dog gets hurt, the driver can be held responsible for paying for those injuries. A person with a disability does not have to carry a cane or use a service dog to still have the same rights as everyone else in public places.
304.080. Handicapped persons with white cane or dog, driver to take all necessary precautions — cane or dog not required to rights, when. — The driver of a vehicle approaching a person with a visual, aural or physical who is carrying a cane predominantly white or metallic in color, with or without a red tip, or using a , or shall to such , and any driver who fails to take such precautions shall be for any injury caused such pedestrian and any injury caused to the pedestrian's guide dog, hearing dog or service dog; provided that such a pedestrian not carrying such cane or using a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog in any of the places, or listed in section 209.150 shall have all of the rights and privileges conferred by law upon other persons.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1949 p. 250 § 1, A.L. 1977 S.B. 12, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1163, A.L. 1996 S.B. 582)
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