West Virginia Code § 5-15-5

Standard of care to be exercised by and with respect to persons who are
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blind or who have a disability.
(a) A person who is blind or who has a disability shall exercise that degree of care for his or
her own safety in any of the places, accommodations or conveyances specified in section four
of this article which an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under similar
circumstances. e
(b) The driver of a vehicle approaching a pedestrian who is blind or who has a disability and
who knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the pedestrian is blind
because the pedestrian is carrying a cane predominantly white our metallic in color, with or
without a red tip, or is using a service animal or otherwise, shall exercise care
commensurate with the situation to avoid injuring the pedesttrian or the service animal.

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