BILL NUMBER: AB 909	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 15, 2010
	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 
 Section 21453  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, asspecified.  
   This bill would instead require that a failure to comply with this
provision when making a turn is punishable by a fine not exceeding
$100.  
   This bill would instead prohibit the driver stopped at the red
signal pursuant to this provision from proceeding straight through
the intersection or making a left turn, except a left turn from a
one-way street onto a one-way street, except as specified. 
   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 may not proceed straight
through the intersection or turn left  , except a left turn from
a one-way street onto a one-way street,  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).