BILL NUMBER: AB 909	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 12, 2010
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 25, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 3, 2010
	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 Section 21453 of the Vehicle Code, relating to
vehicles.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 909, 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 authorizes a driver who is facing a steady circular red
signal, after stopping as required, to turn right or turn left from a
one-way street onto a one-way street, except when a sign is in place
prohibiting a turn. A violation of this provision is generally
punishable by a fine of up to $100.
   This bill would recast these provisions. The bill would instead
prohibit the driver stopped at the red signal pursuant to these
provisions 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, until an indication to proceed is shown, a violation
of which would be punishable by a fine of $100. The bill would
authorize a driver stopped at a red signal pursuant to these
provisions to turn right, or turn left from a one-way street onto a
one-way street, except when a sign is in place prohibiting the turn,
a violation of which would be punishable by a fine of up to $100.


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.
   (b) 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 turn right, or turn left from a one-way
street onto a one-way street, except when a sign is in place
prohibiting the turn. A driver making the 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.