What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
I just got a ticket for vehicle code 21950 (a), failing to yield to pedestrians.
I came up to a 4-way stop sign, stopped completely while 2 teens boys approached the right corner and one teen boy approached simultaneously on the left. All teens stopped, rocked onto their heels while still on the curb and looked at me. I took that to mean that they were waiting for me to go, so I did. The boys never stepped out into the cross walk, were not actively crossing the roadway and were never endangered.
The DMV describes this violation as 21950. (a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(b) This section does not relieve a pedestrian from the duty of using due care for his or her safety. No pedestrian may suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle that is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. No pedestrian may unnecessarily stop or delay traffic while in a marked or unmarked crosswalk.
(c) The driver of a vehicle approaching a pedestrian within any marked or unmarked crosswalk shall exercise all due care and shall reduce the speed of the vehicle or take any other action relating to the operation of the vehicle as necessary to safeguard the safety of the pedestrian.
(d) Subdivision (b) does not relieve a driver of a vehicle from the duty of exercising due care for the safety of any pedestrian within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection.
Amended Sec. 8, Ch. 833, Stats. 2000. Effective January 1, 2001.
Is standing on the curb considered the same as in the cross walk and crossing the road? Can I beat this?
I just got a ticket for vehicle code 21950 (a), failing to yield to pedestrians.
I came up to a 4-way stop sign, stopped completely while 2 teens boys approached the right corner and one teen boy approached simultaneously on the left. All teens stopped, rocked onto their heels while still on the curb and looked at me. I took that to mean that they were waiting for me to go, so I did. The boys never stepped out into the cross walk, were not actively crossing the roadway and were never endangered.
The DMV describes this violation as 21950. (a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
(b) This section does not relieve a pedestrian from the duty of using due care for his or her safety. No pedestrian may suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle that is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. No pedestrian may unnecessarily stop or delay traffic while in a marked or unmarked crosswalk.
(c) The driver of a vehicle approaching a pedestrian within any marked or unmarked crosswalk shall exercise all due care and shall reduce the speed of the vehicle or take any other action relating to the operation of the vehicle as necessary to safeguard the safety of the pedestrian.
(d) Subdivision (b) does not relieve a driver of a vehicle from the duty of exercising due care for the safety of any pedestrian within any marked crosswalk or within any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection.
Amended Sec. 8, Ch. 833, Stats. 2000. Effective January 1, 2001.
Is standing on the curb considered the same as in the cross walk and crossing the road? Can I beat this?