California Assembly Bill AB902 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 902INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Bloom and Chiu FEBRUARY 26, 2015 An act to amend Section 21200 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 902, as introduced, Bloom. Bicycle riders. Existing law provides that a person riding a bicycle or operating a pedicab on a highway has the rights of, and is subject to specified existing provisions governing, the driver of a vehicle on a highway, except for those provisions that by their very nature can have no application. Existing law also provides that a peace officer, as defined, operating a bicycle during the course of his or her duties and under specified circumstances is exempt from those provisions, subject to specified limitations. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 21200 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 21200. (a) A person riding a bicycle or operating a pedicab upon a highway has  all  the rights and is subject to  all  the provisions  of this division  applicable to the driver of a  vehicle by this division,   vehicle,  including, but not limited to, provisions concerning driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages or drugs, and by Division 10 (commencing with Section 20000), Section 27400, Division 16.7 (commencing with Section 39000), Division 17 (commencing with Section 40000.1), and Division 18 (commencing with Section 42000), except those provisions  which   that  by their very nature can have no application. (b) (1) A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, operating a bicycle during the course of his or her duties is exempt from the requirements of subdivision (a), except as those requirements relate to driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages or drugs, if the bicycle is being operated under any of the following circumstances: (A) In response to an emergency call. (B) While engaged in rescue operations. (C) In the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law. (2) This subdivision does not relieve a peace officer from the duty to operate a bicycle with due regard for the safety of  all  persons using the highway.