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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5931
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2874
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. DOUCETTE, 13th Dist.
REP. BARRY, 31st Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AT CROSSWALKS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That subsection (c) of section 14-300 of the general statutes be 1
amended to require motor vehicles operators to grant the right-of-way 2
to a person who steps to the curb at the entrance to a crosswalk. 3
Statement of Purpose:
To promote the safety of pedestrians by requiring motor vehicle
operators to yield the right-of-way to pedestrians who step to the curb
at a crosswalk, rather than only to pedestrians who step off the curb
and into the crosswalk thereby endangering themselves.