AB 1725: Vehicles: automated traffic enforcement systems.
- Session Year: 2015-2016
- House: Assembly
Existing law defines an official traffic control signal as any device, whether manually, electrically, or mechanically operated, by which traffic is alternately directed to stop and proceed and which is erected by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction.
Existing law states that any required stop be made at a sign, crosswalk, or limit line indicating where the stop is to be made, but, in the absence of that sign or marking, existing law requires that the stop be made at the official traffic control signal.
This bill would expressly state that a stop is required to be made at an official traffic control signal erected and maintained at a freeway or highway on ramp. This bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.
Existing law requires a driver facing a steady circular red signal alone to stop at a marked limit line, but if none, before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection, or if none, then before entering the intersection, and to remain stopped until an indication to proceed is shown, except as provided. A violation of this provision is an infraction punishable by a fine of $100.
This bill would also require a driver facing a steady circular red signal alone at a freeway or highway onramp signal, to stop at a marked limit line, but if none, before the signal, and to remain stopped until an indication to proceed is shown. The bill would make a violation of this requirement an infraction punishable by a fine of $50. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The bill would also make a conforming change.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.