BILL NUMBER: AB 563	CHAPTERED  06/05/01

	CHAPTER  14
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 5, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JUNE 5, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 21, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Maldonado

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2001

   An act to amend Section 21453 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 563, Maldonado.  Vehicles:  stop lights:  right-of-way:
yielding.
   Existing law requires a driver making a right turn after stopping
at a steady red traffic signal to yield the right-of-way to traffic
lawfully using the intersection.
   This bill, instead, would require the driver to yield to any
vehicle that has approached or is approaching so closely as to
constitute an immediate hazard to the driver, and to continue to
yield the right-of-way to that vehicle until the driver can proceed
with reasonable safety.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 21453 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   21453.  (a) A driver facing a steady circular red signal alone
shall stop at a marked limit line, but if none, before entering the
crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then
before entering the intersection, and shall remain stopped until an
indication to proceed is shown, except as provided in subdivision
(b).
   (b) Except when a sign is in place prohibiting a turn, a driver,
after stopping as required by subdivision (a), facing a steady
circular red signal, may turn right, or turn left from a one-way
street onto a one-way street.  A driver making that turn shall yield
the right-of-way to pedestrians lawfully within an adjacent crosswalk
and to any vehicle that has approached or is approaching so closely
as to constitute an immediate hazard to the driver, and shall
continue to yield the right-of-way to that vehicle until the driver
can proceed with reasonable safety.
   (c) A driver facing a steady red arrow signal shall not enter the
intersection to make the movement indicated by the arrow and, unless
entering the intersection to make a movement permitted by another
signal, shall stop at a clearly marked limit line, but if none,
before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection,
or if none, then before entering the intersection, and shall remain
stopped until an indication permitting movement is shown.
   (d) Unless otherwise directed by a pedestrian control signal as
provided in Section 21456, a pedestrian facing a steady circular red
or red arrow signal shall not enter the roadway.