BILL NUMBER: AB 909	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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, 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 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  this provision   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,  except as specified   until an
indication to proceed is shown, a violation of which would be
punishable by a fine of $100. Th   e 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 $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 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) 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

   (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.