BILL NUMBER: AB 909 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 16, 2010
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 14, 2010
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 27, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 21, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hill
FEBRUARY 26, 2009
An act to amend Sections 21453 and 42001.15 of the Vehicle Code,
relating to vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 909, as amended, Hill. Vehicles: right turn violations.
Existing law requires a driver facing a steady circular red signal
alone to 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 to remain stopped until an
indication to proceed is shown, except as specified. A violation of
this provision is an infraction punishable by a fine of $100.
Existing law also authorizes, except when a sign is in place
prohibiting a turn, a driver, facing a steady circular red signal who
has stopped as required pursuant to the above provisions, to turn
right or turn left from a one-way onto a one-way street provided the
driver yields the right-of-way, as specified.
This bill would instead require that a violation of this
provision for a right turn violation failure to comply
with this provision when making a turn is punishable by a fine
of $35 not exceeding $100 .
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
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
may not proceed straight through the intersection or
turn left 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.
SEC. 2. Section 42001.15 of the Vehicle
Code is amended to read:
42001.15. (a) Every person convicted of an
infraction for a violation of subdivision (a) or (e) of Section
21453, subdivision (c) of Section 21454, or subdivision (a) of
Section 21457 shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars
($100).
(b) Every person convicted of an infraction for a failure to
comply with subdivision (b) of Section 21453 when making a turn shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars($100).
SECTION 1. Section 21453 of the Vehicle Code is
amended to read:
21453. (a) (1) A driver facing a steady circular red signal alone
shall stop at a marked limit line, but if none, then before entering
the intersection, and shall remain stopped until an indication to
proceed is shown, except as provided in subdivision (b).
(2) A driver facing a steady circular red signal alone shall stop
at a marked limit line, but if none, then before entering the
crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, and shall remain
stopped until an indication to proceed is shown, except as provided
in subdivision (b).
(b) (1) 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 do either of the following:
(A) Turn right.
(B) Turn left from a one-way street onto a one-way street.
(2) A driver making the turn in subparagraph (A) or (B) 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.
SEC. 2. Section 42001.15 of the Vehicle Code is
amended to read:
42001.15. (a) Every person convicted of an infraction for a
violation of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) or subdivision (c) of
Section 21453, subdivision (c) of Section 21454, or subdivision (a)
of Section 21457 shall be punished by a fine of one hundred dollars
($100).
(b) Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 21453 for right turn
violations shall be punished by a fine of thirty-five dollars ($35).