If pedestrians are illegally crossing in the middle of the street instead of in a crosswalk, you:
- Must stop for them. ✓
- Do not have to stop for them.
- Should honk your horn at them.
Answer: A. Must stop for them.
You must stop for them — a pedestrian crossing the roadway gets your caution, reduced speed, or a stop even when there is no crosswalk.
Why this is the answer
The handbook describes what to do any time a pedestrian is crossing a roadway, and it says "with or without a crosswalk." In that situation you are told to use caution, slow down, or stop so the person can finish crossing safely. Nothing in the passage makes that duty depend on whether the pedestrian's crossing is legal. The same section also warns that not all crosswalks are marked and that you should always be prepared to stop for people in the road, so a pedestrian mid-block still gets the same careful response.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Do not have to stop for them. — The handbook's rule is written for a pedestrian crossing with or without a crosswalk, so the legality of where they stepped off the curb is not what decides whether you yield.
- C. Should honk your horn at them. — The handbook tells you to slow down or stop for a pedestrian in the road, and its only mention of horn use is a warning not to honk at a blind pedestrian, so honking is not the response it describes.
Remember it
Crosswalk or no crosswalk, a person in the road still gets your brake.