AB 491

This bill requires a vehicle operator to stop his or her vehicle and remain

stopped until a pedestrian crossing at a crosswalk has completed crossing the

roadway.

Under current law, the operator of a vehicle is required to yield the

right-of-way to a pedestrian, bicyclist, or rider of a personal assistive mobility device

who is crossing a highway at an intersection or crosswalk controlled by a traffic

signal on a green or "walk" signal or who is crossing a highway at an intersection or

crosswalk not controlled by a traffic signal within a marked or unmarked crosswalk.

"Yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian" is defined to mean that the operator of a

vehicle must reduce speed, or stop if necessary, to avoid endangering, colliding with,

or interfering with pedestrian travel.

This bill requires that, under these circumstances, rather than yield, the

vehicle operator must stop the vehicle and remain stopped until the pedestrian,

bicyclist, or rider of a personal assistive mobility device has completed crossing the

roadway.