Stusun1964
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA
On Friday, 11/07/08, I was traveling south on Bellflower Blvd stopped at a red light waiting to make a right hand turn on to the 91 freeway westbound. There was a pedestrian waiting to cross southbound across the freeway on ramp in a crosswalk. I had my right turn signal on did not move forward until the light was green and I yielded to the pedestrian who was crossing. Once she was a safe distance across the crosswalk, I proceeded to turn onto the freeway.
A CHP pulled me over and said that I violated the law because I did not wait until the pedestrian had stepped onto the sidewalk on the other side.
I read the vehicle code 21950(a) which states:
"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."
Do I have a chance of winning this if I dispute it?
On Friday, 11/07/08, I was traveling south on Bellflower Blvd stopped at a red light waiting to make a right hand turn on to the 91 freeway westbound. There was a pedestrian waiting to cross southbound across the freeway on ramp in a crosswalk. I had my right turn signal on did not move forward until the light was green and I yielded to the pedestrian who was crossing. Once she was a safe distance across the crosswalk, I proceeded to turn onto the freeway.
A CHP pulled me over and said that I violated the law because I did not wait until the pedestrian had stepped onto the sidewalk on the other side.
I read the vehicle code 21950(a) which states:
"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."
Do I have a chance of winning this if I dispute it?