Where traffic control signals are not in place or not in operation the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching so close from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger. (Ord. 687 § 1 (part), 1988: prior code § 24-3-7(B))