AB 1007

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, personal delivery device, bicyclist, or rider of a

personal assistive mobility device that is crossing a highway at an intersection or

crosswalk controlled by a traffic signal on a green or “walk" signal or that 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,

personal delivery device, bicyclist, or rider of a personal assistive mobility device has

completed crossing the roadway.