AB 853

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 an

electric scooter or electric 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.

The 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 an electric scooter or electric personal assistive

mobility device has completed crossing the roadway.